Alvania meridioamericana
| Alvania meridioamericana | |
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| Shell of Alvania meridioamericana (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. meridioamericana
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvania meridioamericana Weisbord, 1962
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Alvania meridioamericana is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]This is a Lirobarleeia (Barleeidae); possibly a junior synonym of Lirobarleeia chiriquiensis (Olsson & McGinty, 1958) [1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 2.5 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Curaçao and Venezuela
References
[edit]- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania meridioamericana Weisbord, 1962. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532376 on 2024-01-02
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
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