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

Alvania isolata
Shell of Alvania isolata (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
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. isolata
Binomial name
Alvania isolata
(Laseron, 1956)
Synonyms

Haurakia isolata Laseron, 1956

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Christmas Island and off the Society Islands, French Polynesia.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Alvania isolata (Laseron, 1956). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594832 on 2023-12-29
  • Laseron, C. F. (1956). The families Rissoinidae and Rissoidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian zoogeographical provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 7 (3): 384–484.
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
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