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Alvania bermudensis

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Alvania bermudensis
Shell of Alvania bermudensis (paratype 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. bermudensis
Binomial name
Alvania bermudensis
Faber & Moolenbeek, 1987
Synonyms

Alvania (Simulamerelina) bermudensis Faber & Moolenbeek, 1987

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

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Bermuda.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Alvania bermudensis Faber & Moolenbeek, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532367 on 2023-12-14
  • Faber, M.J. & Moolenbeek, R. (1987). On the doubtful records of Alvania platycephala, Alvania pagodula and Alvania didyma, with the description of two new rissoid species (Mollusca Gastropoda Rissoidae). Beaufortia. 37(4): 67–71.
  • Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp
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