Alvania meridioamericana

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Alvania meridioamericana
File:Alvania meridioamericana 001.jpg
Shell of Alvania meridioamericana (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. meridioamericana
Binomial name
Alvania meridioamericana
Weisbord, 1962

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

Taxonomy

This is a Lirobarleeia (Barleeidae); possibly a junior synonym of Lirobarleeia chiriquiensis (Olsson & McGinty, 1958) [1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 2.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Curaçao and Venezuela

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania meridioamericana Weisbord, 1962. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532376 on 2024-01-02
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

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