Alvania pseudosyngenes

Alvania pseudosyngenes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species: A. pseudosyngenes
Binomial name
Alvania pseudosyngenes
Warén, 1973

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

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 3.5 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 199 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 199 m.[2]

References

  1. Alvania pseudosyngenes Warén, 1973. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania pseudosyngenes Warén, 1973. 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=141229 on 9 August 2010.
  2. 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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