Alvania dejongi

Alvania dejongi is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[2]

Alvania dejongi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. dejongi
Binomial name
Alvania dejongi
Faber & Moolenbeek, 2004[1]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 1.25 mm.[3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 23 m.[3]

References
  1. Faber & Moolenbeek. 2004. Beaufortia Bulletin Zoological Museum 54(3) : 59-65. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 08/09/10.
  2. Alvania dejongi Faber & Moolenbeek, 2004. WoRMS (2009). Alvania dejongi Faber & Moolenbeek, 2004. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=388692 on 9 August 2010 .
  3. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.


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