Alvania syngenes

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

Alvania syngenes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. syngenes
Binomial name
Alvania syngenes
Synonyms[1]

Rissoa syngenes (A. E. Verril, 1884)<

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 3 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 260 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 538 m.[2]

References
  1. Alvania syngenes (A. E. Verrill, 1884). Rosenberg, G. (2010). Alvania syngenes (A. E. Verrill, 1884). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467505 on 9 August 2010 .
  2. 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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