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

Alvania piersmai
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. piersmai
Binomial name
Alvania piersmai
Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1989

Description

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The length of the shell attains 1.8 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands

References

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  1. ^ Alvania piersmai Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1989. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania piersmai Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1989. 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=141224 on 9 August 2010 .
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