Alvania monserratensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
Family: | Rissoidae |
Genus: | Alvania |
Species: | A. monserratensis
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Binomial name | |
Alvania monserratensis F. Baker, G. D. Hanna & A. M. Strong, 1930
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Synonyms | |
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Alvania monserratensis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae. [1]
This and other Western American species were attributed to Alvinia Monterosato, 1884, following Keen (1971); nevertheless it is not proved to be more related to the Mediterranean type species Alvania weinkauffi Weinkauff, 1868 than to other Alvania s.l. and is therefore retained in Alvania. [1]
The length of the shell varies between 1 mm and 2 mm.
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This species occurs off the Monserate Island, Gulf of California; also off the Galapagos Islands