Biology:Alvania dipacoi

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Short description: Species of sea snail

Alvania dipacoi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. dipacoi
Binomial name
Alvania dipacoi
Giusti Fr. & Nofroni, 1989

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

Description

Alvania Dipacoi is a small sea snail with a shell of 2-2.6 mm in length. The shell is a spiral shape and generally an off white colour.

Distribution

It can be found in the Mediterranean sea[2] around the Tuscan Archipelago, and also around the Canaries and West Africa.[3]

References

  1. Alvania dipacoi Giusti Fr. & Nofroni, 1989. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania dipacoi Giusti Fr. & Nofroni, 1989. 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=141180 on 9 August 2010 .
  2. "Alvania dipacoi Giusti Fr. & Nofroni, 1989". https://www.sealifebase.ca/summary/Alvania-dipacoi.html. Retrieved 29 December 2018. 
  3. "Alvania dipacoi". http://www.gastropods.com/6/Shell_5906.shtml. Retrieved 29 December 2018. 

Wikidata ☰ Q4737715 entry