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

Alvania pagodula
Shell of Alvania pagodula
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. pagodula
Binomial name
Alvania pagodula
(Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884)
Synonyms
  • Rissoa pagodula Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884 · unaccepted
  • Rissoa philippiana Jeffreys, 1856 (junior homonym of Rissoa philippiana Nyst, 1845)

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 1.7 mm and 4 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Western Mediterranean Sea.

References

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  1. ^ Alvania pagodula (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884). Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania pagodula (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884). 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=141222 on 9 August 2010 .
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