Alvania elisae

Alvania elisae
Shell of Alvania elisae (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. elisae
Binomial name
Alvania elisae Margelli, 2001

Alvania elisae is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.^[1] They are Surficial Modifiers and Detritivores.^[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 3.8 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Greece and Naples, Italy.

References

1. Alvania elisae Margelli, 2001. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania elisae Margelli, 2001. 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=180968 on 9 August 2010 .
2. "Alvania elisae Margelli 2001 - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2024-10-26.

External links

• Thanasis Manousis, The Marine Mollusca of Greece: an up-to-date, systematic catalogue, documented with bibliographic and pictorial references
• Conchology.be: image
• Alvania elisae at Sealifebase.org
• Malacopics Photogallery: image