Alvania villarii

Alvania villarii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. villarii
Binomial name
Alvania villarii Micali, Tisselli & Giunchi, 2005

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

Distribution

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

References

1. Alvania villarii Micali, Tisselli & Giunchi, 2005. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania villarii Micali, Tisselli & Giunchi, 2005. 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=180971 on 9 August 2010 .

• Micali P., Tisselli M. & Giunchi L. (2005). Alvania villarii n. sp. from the south Tyrrhenian Sea (Gastropoda: Rissoidae). Bollettino Malacologico 40 (5–8): 70–73

External links

• Thanasis Manousis, The Marine Mollusca of Greece: an up-to-date, systematic catalogue, documented with bibliographic and pictorial references