Alvania paatsi

Alvania paatsi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. paatsi
Binomial name
	Alvania paatsi; Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 2 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde.

References

^ Alvania paatsi Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998. WoRMS (2009). Alvania paatsi Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224664 on 9 August 2010 .

Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp.

External links

Hoenselaar H.J. & Goud J. (1998). The Rissoidae of the CANCAP expeditions, I: the genus Alvania Risso, 1826 (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Basteria. 62(1-2): 69-115

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[WoRMS-1] Alvania paatsi Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998. WoRMS (2009). Alvania paatsi Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224664 on 9 August 2010 .

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