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

Alvania platycephala
Shell of Alvania platycephala (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. platycephala
Binomial name
Alvania platycephala
Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896
Synonyms
  • Rissoa platycephala (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
  • Rissoa platycephala var. exasperata Dautzenberg, 1927 ·

Description

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The length of the shell attains 2.6-3 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores and Madeira.

References

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  1. ^ Alvania platycephala Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania platycephala Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896. 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=141225 on 9 August 2010 .
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