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

Alvania dorbignyi
Shell of Alvania dorbignyi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. dorbignyi
Binomial name
Alvania dorbignyi
(Audouin, 1826)
Synonyms[1]
  • Alvania (Alvanolira) dorbignyii (Audouin, 1827)
  • Alvania orbignyi (misspelling)
  • Rissoa dorbignyi Audouin, 1826

Subspecies: Alvania dorbignyi perversa F. Nordsieck, 1972: synonym of Alvania perversa F. Nordsieck, 1972 (superseded rank)

Description

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The length of the shell attains 2.45 mm, its diameter 1.35 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea (Greece, Egypt), but it also may be an Indo-Pacific immigrant. [2] It is considered cryptogenic. [3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Alvania dorbignyi (Audouin, 1826). Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania dorbignyi (Audouin, 1826). 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=141183 on 9 August 2010 .
  2. ^ Nordsieck F. 1972b. Marine Gastropoden aus der Shiqmona-Bucht in israël. Archiv für Molluskenkunde 102(4–6): 227–245
  3. ^ Gofas S. & Zenetos A. 2003. Exotic molluscs in the Mediterranean basin: current status and perspectives. Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review, 41: 237–277
  • Savigny, J-.C., 1817 Description de l'Egypte, ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Egypte pendant l'expédition de l'Armée française, publié par les ordres de sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand. Histoire Naturelle, p. 339 pp
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213
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