Crisilla simulans
(Redirected from Alvania simulans)
| Crisilla simulans | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Crisilla |
| Species: | C. simulans
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| Binomial name | |
| Crisilla simulans Locard, 1886
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| Synonyms | |
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Alvania simulans Locard, 1886 (original combination) | |
Crisilla simulans is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
Description
[edit]Alvania simulans has a small (1.5-2mm) shell that is pearly white in color, and partially translucent.[2]
Distribution
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Crisilla simulans is found in the North Atlantic and European waters.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Crisilla simulans (Locard, 1886). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1473073 on 2023-12-12
- ^ "Crisilla simulans". Archived from the original on 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
- ^ Gofas, S. (2015). Alvania simulans Locard, 1886. In: MolluscaBase (2015).
- Romani, L.; Tisselli, M. & Nofroni, I. (2020). On the alleged presence of Crisilla perminima (Manzoni, 1868) in the Mediterranean Sea (Gastropoda: Littorinimorpha: Rissoidae), with notes on the taxonomy of Alvania simulans Locard, 1886. Bollettino Malacologico. 56 (2): 112-117.
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