Alvania flava
Appearance
Alvania flava | |
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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. flava
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Binomial name | |
Alvania flava Okutani, 1964
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Alvania flava is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell varies between 0.6 mm and 3 mm.
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in Sea of Japan; also off the Philippines and the Kuriles, Russia.
References
[edit]- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania flava Okutani, 1964. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=865536 on 2024-01-23
- Okutani T. (1964). Report on the archibenthal and abyssal gastropod Mollusca mainly collected from Sagami Bay and adjacent waters by the R.V. Soyo-Maru during the years 1955–1963. Journal of the Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo. section II, 15(3): 371–447, 7 pls.
- Sasaki, T. (2008). Micromolluscs in Japan: taxonomic composition, habitats, and future topics. Zoosymposia. 1: 147–232.