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

Alvania electa
Shell of Alvania electa (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. electa
Binomial name
Alvania electa
(Monterosato, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Alvania deliciosa (Jeffreys, 1884)
  • Rissoa deliciosa Jeffreys, 1884
  • Rissoa electa Monterosato, 1874

Description

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Distribution

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This species occurs in the Western Mediterranean Sea; also in the Gulf of Cadiz and off Madeira.

References

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  1. ^ Alvania electa (Monterosato, 1874). Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania electa (Monterosato, 1874). 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=141184 on 9 August 2010 .
  • 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
  • Sysoev A.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Gastropoda. Invertebrate Zoology. Vol.11. No.1: 134–155
  • Manousis T., Kontadakis C. & Mbazios G. & Galinou-Mitsoudi S. , 2019. New records of Rissoidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) for the Hellenic Seas with the description of Rissoa electrae n. sp.. Xenophora Taxonomy 26: 11-19
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