Alvania dictyophora

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

Alvania dictyophora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. dictyophora
Binomial name
Alvania dictyophora
(Philippi, 1844)
Synonyms

Alvinia dictyophora (Philippi 1844)

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters and rare in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

  1. Alvania dictyophora (Philippi, 1844). Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania dictyophora (Philippi, 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=141178 on 9 August 2010 .
  • 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


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