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Alvania porcupinae

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Alvania porcupinae
Shell of Alvania porcupinae (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. porcupinae
Binomial name
Alvania porcupinae
Gofas & Warén, 1982
Synonyms[1]
  • Punctulum porcupinae (Gofas & Warén, 1982)
  • Rissoa deliciosa var. multicostata Jeffreys, 1884

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

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 1.8 mm and 2 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from the Bay of Biscay to West Africa

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Alvania porcupinae Gofas & Warén, 1982. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141226 on 2021-12-31
  • Sysoev A.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Gastropoda. Invertebrate Zoology. Vol.11. No.1: 134–155
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