Alvania letourneuxi

Species of gastropod

Alvania letourneuxi
Shell of Alvania letourneuxi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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. letourneuxi
Binomial name
Alvania letourneuxi
Amati, Di Giulio & Oliverio, 2023

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 1.6 mm. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs off the Tuamotus, French Polynesia.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Alvania letourneuxi Amati, Di Giulio & Oliverio, 2023. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1725117 on 2023-12-28
  2. ^ MNHN, Paris: Alvania letourneuxi
  • Amati B.; Di Giulio, A.; Oliverio, M. (2023). Shallow-water Rissoidae of the genera Alvania Risso, 1826, Haurakia Iredale, 1915, Parashiela Laseron, 1956, Simulamerelina Ponder, 1985 and Subestea Cotton, 1944 (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda, Rissooidea) from French Polynesia, with the description of a new deep-water genus. Zoosystema. 45(25): 803-892


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