Alvania dorbignyi

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

Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Subclass:Caenogastropoda
Order:Littorinimorpha
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Alvania dorbignyi
Shell of Alvania dorbignyi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. dorbignyi
Binomial name
Alvania dorbignyi
(Audouin, 1826)
Synonyms[1]
  • Alvania (Alvanolira) dorbignyii (Audouin, 1827)
  • Alvania orbignyi (misspelling)
  • Rissoa dorbignyi Audouin, 1826
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Subspecies: Alvania dorbignyi perversa F. Nordsieck, 1972: synonym of Alvania perversa F. Nordsieck, 1972 (superseded rank)

Description

The length of the shell attains 2.45 mm, its diameter 1.35 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea (Greece, Egypt), but it also may be an Indo-Pacific immigrant.[2] It is considered cryptogenic.[3]

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