Alvania claudioi is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Alvania claudioi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. claudioi
Binomial name
Alvania claudioi
Buzzurro & Landini, 2007

Description

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The length of the shell attains 2.63 mm, its diameter 1.46 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the island Ventotene, Italy.

References

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  1. ^ Alvania claudioi Buzzurro & Landini, 2007. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania claudioi Buzzurro & Landini, 2007. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=239060 on 9 August 2010 .
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