| Alvania dijkstrai | |
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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: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. dijkstrai |
| Binomial name | |
| Alvania dijkstrai (Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998) | |
Alvania dijkstrai is a species of minute sea snail in the family Rissoidae
Description
It has an ovate shell, 2.10 to 2.75 millimetres (0.083 to 0.108 in) in height and 1.25 to 1.50 millimetres (0.049 to 0.059 in) in length with a thin outer lip. Sometimes two rows of very vague, light brown dots are visible on the ultimate whorl, one just subsutural and one on the shell base.
Distribution
It is endemic to the Selvagens Archipelago off Northwest Africa.
References
- ^ Alvania dijkstrai (Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998). Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania dijkstrai (Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998). 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=141179 on 9 August 2010 .
- "The Rissoidae of the CANCAP expeditions, I: the genus Alvania Risso, 1826 (Gastropoda Prosobranchia)". H.J. Hoenselaar & J. Goud. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
External links
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213
- Conchology.be: image
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| Alvania dijkstrai | |
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