Alvania isolata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
| Alvania isolata | |
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| Shell of Alvania isolata (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. isolata
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvania isolata (Laseron, 1956)
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| Synonyms | |
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Haurakia isolata Laseron, 1956 | |
Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Christmas Island and off the Society Islands, French Polynesia.
References edit
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Alvania isolata (Laseron, 1956). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594832 on 2023-12-29
- Laseron, C. F. (1956). The families Rissoinidae and Rissoidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian zoogeographical provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 7 (3): 384–484.
- Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
External links edit
- Amati, B.; Di Giulio, A.; Oliverio, M. (2023). Shallow-water Rissoidae of the genera Alvania Risso, 1826, Haurakia Iredale, 1915, Parashiela Laseron, 1956, Simulamerelina Ponder, 1985 and Subestea Cotton, 1944 (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda, Rissooidea) from French Polynesia, with the description of a new deep-water genus. Zoosystema. 45(25): 803-892
- Ponder, W. F. (1985). A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum. Suppl. 4: 1-221