Alvania prosocostata

Species of gastropod

Alvania prosocostata
Shell of Alvania prosocostata (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. prosocostata
Binomial name
Alvania prosocostata
Amati, Di Giulio & Oliverio, 2023

Alvania prosocostata 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 2.05 mm. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs off the Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Alvania prosocostata Amati, Di Giulio & Oliverio, 2023. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1725137 on 2023-12-28
  2. ^ MNHN, Paris: Alvania prosocostata
  • 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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