Biology:Alvania beanii

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Alvania beanii
Rissoa Beanii (Sowerby).jpg
Rissoa Beanii (Sowerby)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. beanii
Binomial name
Alvania beanii
(Hanley in Thorpe, 1844)

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

Description

Distribution

This species is distributed in European waters, from the North Coast of Norway and the North East Atlantic Ocean down to the Canary Islands. It can also be found in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

  1. Alvania beanii (Hanley in Thorpe, 1844). Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania beanii (Hanley in Thorpe, 1844). 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=416615 on 27 October 2010 .

Wikidata ☰ Q3169976 entry