Alvania dianiensis

Alvania dianiensis
Shell of Alvania dianiensis (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. dianiensis
Binomial name
Alvania dianiensis Oliverio, 1988

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 2 mm and 3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Tuscan Archipelago, west of Tuscany, Italy.

References

1. Alvania dianiensis Oliverio, 1988. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania dianiensis Oliverio, 1988. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141177 on 9 August 2010 .

External links

• Oliverio, M. (1988). A new Prosobranch from the Mediterranean Sea, Alvania dianiensis n. sp. Bulletin, Zoölogisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam. 11(13): 117-120
• 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