Alvania dianiensis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Alvania dianiensis
Shell of Alvania dianiensis (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. dianiensis
Binomial name
Alvania dianiensis
Oliverio, 1988

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 2 mm and 3 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Tuscan Archipelago, west of Tuscany, Italy.

References

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  1. ^ Alvania dianiensis Oliverio, 1988. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania dianiensis Oliverio, 1988. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141177 on 9 August 2010 .
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