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Alvania bozcaadensis

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Alvania bozcaadensis
Shell of Alvania bozcaadensis (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. bozcaadensis
Binomial name
Alvania bozcaadensis
Tisselli & Giunchi, 2013

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 2.4 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Turkey and Greece.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Alvania bozcaadensis Tisselli & Giunchi, 2013. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=738184 on 2023-12-14
  • Manousis T., Kontadakis C, Mbazios G. & Galinou-Mitsoudi S. (2019). New records of Rissoidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) for the Hellenic Seas with the description of Rissoa electrae n. sp. Xenophora Taxonomy. 26: 10–19.
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