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

Alvania litoralis
Shell of Alvania litoralis (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
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. litoralis
Binomial name
Alvania litoralis
(Nordsieck, 1972)
Synonyms
  • Actonia granulosculpta (L. Seguenza, 1903) (dubious synonym)
  • Alvania gittenbergeri van Aartsen & Menkhorst, 1988
  • Alvania granulosculpta (L. Seguenza, 1903) (dubious synonym)
  • Manzonia (Actonia) granulosculpta L. Seguenza, 1903 (dubious synonym)
  • Manzonia granulosculpta L. Seguenza, 1903 (dubious synonym)
  • Turbona elegantissima litoralis F. Nordsieck, 1972

Description

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The shell attains a length of 3 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Ionian Sea off Cephalonia Island, Greece; also off Turkey.

References

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  1. ^ Alvania litoralis (Nordsieck, 1972). Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania litoralis (Nordsieck, 1972). 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=141208 on 9 August 2010 .
  • Nordsieck, F. (1972). Die europäischen Meeresschnecken (Opisthobranchia mit Pyramidellidae; Rissoacea). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden, Mittelmeer und Schwarzes Meer. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart. XIII + 327 pp.
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