Alvania meridioamericana
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| Alvania meridioamericana | |
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| Shell of Alvania meridioamericana (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. meridioamericana |
| Binomial name | |
| Alvania meridioamericana Weisbord, 1962 | |
Alvania meridioamericana is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
This is a Lirobarleeia (Barleeidae); possibly a junior synonym of Lirobarleeia chiriquiensis (Olsson & McGinty, 1958).[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 2.5 mm.