Alvania syngenes

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

Alvania syngenes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. syngenes
Binomial name
Alvania syngenes
(A. E. Verrill, 1884)
Synonyms[1]

Rissoa syngenes (A. E. Verril, 1884)<

Distribution

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 3 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 260 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 538 m.[2]

gollark: Okay, ARing starts now.
gollark: 787wz.
gollark: xx:53:49. Autorefreshing starts at xx:51:49 this time.
gollark: You just have to click "teleport" when the egg is about to die. Or a bit beforehand because of latency, I suppose. Or if it turns.
gollark: <@&358173303816323072>

References

  1. Alvania syngenes (A. E. Verrill, 1884). Rosenberg, G. (2010). Alvania syngenes (A. E. Verrill, 1884). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467505 on 9 August 2010 .
  2. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.


    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.