Alvania garrafensis

Alvania garrafensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. garrafensis
Binomial name
Alvania garrafensis Peñas & Rolán, 2008[1]

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 2.8 mm, its diameter 1.65 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Garraf, Spanish Mediterranean coastline.

References

1. Peñas A., Rolán E. & Ballesteros M., 2008: Segunda adición a la fauna malacológica del litoral de Garraf (NE de la Península Ibérica). Iberus26(2): 15-42. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 08/09/10.
2. Alvania garrafensis Peñas & Rolán, 2008. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania garrafensis Peñas & Rolán, 2008. 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=380558 on 9 August 2010 .