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Alvania cruzi

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Alvania cruzi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. cruzi
Binomial name
Alvania cruzi
(Castellanos & D. E. Fernández, 1974)
Synonyms
  • Onoba cruzi (Castellanos & D. E. Fernández, 1974)
  • Rissoa cruzi Castellanos & D. E. Fernández, 1974 (original combination)

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

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 2.2 mm and 3 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Southern Brazil.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Alvania herwigia (Castellanos & D. E. Fernández, 1974). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532375 on 2023-12-28
  • Castellanos, Z. J. A. de & Fernández, D. E. (1974). Nuevas Rissoa Freminuille 1813 del Atlántico sudoccidental (Mollusca Rissoacea). Neotrópica. 20 (63): 153–155.
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