Alvania skylla
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| Alvania skylla | |
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| File:Alvania skylla 002.jpg | |
| Close-up of the shell of Alvania skylla (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. skylla
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvania skylla Tisselli & Micali, 2023
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Alvania skylla is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 1.86 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Central Mediterranean Sea in Italy off Reggio di Calabria.
References
- ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania skylla Tisselli & Micali, 2023. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1713303 on 2024-01-09
- Tisselli, M. & Micali, P. (2023). Alvania skylla n. sp. from the Mediterranean Sea (Gastropoda: Rissoidae). Bollettino Malacologico. 59(2): 156–165.