Alvania esmes

Alvania esmes
Shell of Alvania esmes (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. esmes
Binomial name
Alvania esmes Manousis, J. D. Oliver & Zaminos, 2023

Alvania esmes 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 species occurs in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea off Greece and in the Aegean Sea.

References

1. Manousis, T., Oliver, J. D. & Zaminos, G. (2023). Description of Alvania esmes sp. nov. (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Rissoidae) from the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Xenophora Taxonomy. 38: 3-9.

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