Alvania bozcaadensis

Alvania bozcaadensis
Shell of Alvania bozcaadensis (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. bozcaadensis
Binomial name
Alvania bozcaadensis Tisselli & Giunchi, 2013

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 2.4 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Turkey and Greece.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Alvania bozcaadensis Tisselli & Giunchi, 2013. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=738184 on 2023-12-14

• Manousis T., Kontadakis C, Mbazios G. & Galinou-Mitsoudi S. (2019). New records of Rissoidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) for the Hellenic Seas with the description of Rissoa electrae n. sp. Xenophora Taxonomy. 26: 10–19.

External links

• Tisselli, M. & L. Giunchi. (2013). Due nuove specie di Alvania (Gastropoda: Rissoidae) dal nord-ovest della Turchia (Gastropoda Caenogastropoda Rissoidae). Quaderno di Studi e Notizie di Storia Naturale della Romagna. 37: 163-174
• Bitlis B. & Öztürk B. (2017). The genus Alvania (Gastropoda: Rissoidae) along the Turkish Aegean coast with the description of a new species. Scientia Marina. 81(3): 395-411.
• Thanasis Manousis, The Marine Mollusca of Greece: an up-to-date, systematic catalogue, documented with bibliographic and pictorial references
• Conchology.be: image
• Malacopics Photogallery: image