Alvania josefoi is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[2]
| Alvania josefoi | |
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| Shell of Alvania josefoi (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. josefoi
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvania josefoi Oliver & Templado, 2009[1]
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 1.8 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off the Balearic Islands and Greece.
References
edit- ^ Oliver J.D. & Templado J., 2009. Dos nuevas especies del género Alvania (Caenogastropoda, Rissoidae). Iberus 27(1): 57-66.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 08/09/10.
- ^ Alvania josefoi Oliver & Templado, 2009. WoRMS (2010). Alvania josefoi Oliver & Templado, 2009. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=458014 on 9 August 2010 .
External links
edit- Amati, B.; Appolloni, M.; Giulio, A. D.; Scuderi, D.; Smriglio, C.; Oliverio, M. (2020). Revision of the Recent Alvania scabra (Philippi, 1844) complex (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Rissoidae) from the Mediterranean Sea with the description of a new species. Zootaxa. 4767(3): 415-458
- Thanasis Manousis, The Marine Mollusca of Greece: an up-to-date, systematic catalogue, documented with bibliographic and pictorial references