Alvania subcalathus

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

Alvania subcalathus
Several views of a shell of Alvania subcalathus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. subcalathus
Binomial name
Alvania subcalathus
(Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1906)
Synonyms
  • Alvania (Alvania) calathus manzonii Nordsieck, F., 1972
  • Rissoa calathus Manzoni, A., 1868

Description

The length of the shell varies between 2.5 mm and 4.3 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands.

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References
  1. Alvania subcalathus (Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1906). Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania subcalathus (Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1906). 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=141245 on 4 November 2012 .
  • 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 (l
  • "Alvania subcalathus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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