Alvania dejongi
| Alvania dejongi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. dejongi |
| Binomial name | |
| Alvania dejongi Faber & Moolenbeek, 2004[1] | |
Alvania dejongi is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[2]
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
- ↑ Faber & Moolenbeek. 2004. Beaufortia Bulletin Zoological Museum 54(3) : 59-65. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 08/09/10.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 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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