Alvania discors
| Alvania discors | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. discors |
| Binomial name | |
| Alvania discors (Allan, 1818) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Alvania montagui (Payraudeau, 1826) | |
Alvania discors is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
Distribution
This marine species has a wide distribution. It is found in the following locations:
- European waters
- Mediterranean Sea (Italy, Greece)
- Atlantic Ocean (Canada, USA)
- Pacific Ocean
References
- 1 2 Alvania discors (Allan, 1818). Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania discors (Allan, 1818). 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=141181 on 18 April 2012.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS) [details]
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