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

Alvania esmes
Shell of Alvania esmes (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. esmes
Binomial name
Alvania esmes
Manousis, J. D. Oliver & Zaminos, 2023

Description

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The length of the shell attains 2.4 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea off Greece and in the Aegean Sea.

References

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  1. ^ Manousis, T., Oliver, J. D. & Zaminos, G. (2023). Description of Alvania esmes sp. nov. (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Rissoidae) from the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Xenophora Taxonomy. 38: 3-9.
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