Alvania dijkstrai

Species of gastropod

Alvania dijkstrai

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Littorinimorpha
Family:  | Rissoidae
Genus:  | Alvania
Species:  |

A. dijkstrai

Binomial name
Alvania dijkstrai

(Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998)

Alvania dijkstrai is a species of minute sea snail in the family Rissoidae[1]

## Description

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It has an ovate shell, 2.10 to 2.75 millimetres (0.083 to 0.108 in) in height and 1.25 to 1.50 millimetres (0.049 to 0.059 in) in length with a thin outer lip. Sometimes two rows of very vague, light brown dots are visible on the ultimate whorl, one just subsutural and one on the shell base.[2]

## Distribution

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It is endemic to the Selvagens Archipelago off Northwest Africa.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b Alvania dijkstrai (Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998). Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania dijkstrai (Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998). 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=141179 on 9 August 2010 .
2. ^ "The Rissoidae of the CANCAP expeditions, I: the genus Alvania Risso, 1826 (Gastropoda Prosobranchia)". H.J. Hoenselaar & J. Goud. Retrieved 27 November 2020.

## External links

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* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213
* Conchology.be: image

Taxon identifiers

Alvania dijkstrai|

* Wikidata: Q4737714
* CoL: 65XGN
* EoL: 4870585
* EUNIS: 61179
* GBIF: 5725230
* IRMNG: 11455457
* Open Tree of Life: 2891732
* WoRMS: 141179

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