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Alvania tessellata

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Alvania tessellata
Shell of Alvania tessellata (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. tessellata
Binomial name
Alvania tessellata
Weinkauff, 1868

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 3.6 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Spain and Algeria.

References

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  1. ^ Alvania tessellata Weinkauff, 1868. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania tessellata Weinkauff, 1868. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141250 on 9 August 2010 .
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