Alvania nix is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
Alvania nix | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Rissoidae |
Genus: | Alvania |
Species: | A. nix
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Binomial name | |
Alvania nix Poppe, Tagaro & Goto, 2018
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 2.4 mm and 4 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Philippines.
References
edit- ^ Alvania nix Poppe, Tagaro & Goto, 2018. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Poppe G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Goto Y. (2018). New marine species from the Central Philippines. Visaya. 5(1): 91-135. page(s): 98, pl. 5 figs 4-5.