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

Alvania settepassii
Shell of Alvania settepassii (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. settepassii
Binomial name
Alvania settepassii
Amati & Nofroni, 1985

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 3.5 mm and 5 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Central Mediterranean Sea off Corsica; in the Aegean Sea off Greece.

References

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  1. ^ Alvania settepassii Amati & Nofroni, 1985. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania settepassii Amati & Nofroni, 1985. 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=141237 on 9 August 2010 .
  • Amati, B. & Nofroni, I. (1985). Alvania settepassii sp. n. (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia. Notiziario del C.I.S.MA. 6 (1-2): 19-27.
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