Alvania discors

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

Alvania discors
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. discors
Binomial name
Alvania discors
(Allan, 1818)
Synonyms[1]
  • Alvania boria Risso, 1826
  • Alvania crassicostata Risso, 1826
  • Alvania ferruginosa Risso, 1826
  • Alvania mediterranea Risso, 1826
  • Alvania montagui (Payraudeau, 1826)
  • Alvania montagui var. asperula Brugnone, 1880
  • † Alvania montagui var. subampulla Zhizhchenko, 1936 (basionym)
  • Alvania sardea Risso, 1826 (dubious synonym)
  • †Alvania subampulla Zhizhchenko, 1936 (within the variability of R. montagui)
  • Rissoa montacuti Jeffreys, 1884 (unjustified emendation of montagui Payraudeau, 1826)
  • Rissoa montagui Payraudeau, 1826
  • Rissoa nicolosiana Aradas & Benoit, 1874
  • Rissoa peloritana Aradas & Benoit, 1874
  • Turbo discors T. Brown, 1818
  • Turbo discrepans T. Allan, 1818

Description
Alvania discors forma peloritana

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. 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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