Alvania balearica

Alvania balearica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. balearica
Binomial name
Alvania balearica Oliver & Templado, 2009[1]

Alvania balearica is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.^[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 2.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Balearic Islands and Greece.

References

1. Oliver J.D. & Templado J., 2009. Dos nuevas especies del género Alvania (Caenogastropoda, Rissoidae). Iberus 27(1): 57-66.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 08/09/10.
2. Alvania balearica Oliver & Templado, 2009. WoRMS (2010). Alvania balearica Oliver & Templado, 2009. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=458013 on 9 August 2010 .

External links

• Thanasis Manousis, The Marine Mollusca of Greece: an up-to-date, systematic catalogue, documented with bibliographic and pictorial references
• "Alvania balearica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.