Alvania rominae
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| Alvania rominae | |
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| Shell of Alvania rominae (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. rominae |
| Binomial name | |
| Alvania rominae Amati, Trono & Oliverio, 2020 | |
Alvania rominae is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
Alvania rominae was described by Italian malacologists Bruno Amati & Daniele Trono and Italian zoologist Marco Oliverio in 2020 based on a specimen collected at a depth of 58 meters (177 feet) in the Gulf of Taranto in the Ionian Sea, near the city of Gallipolli, Italy. The species name, rominae, comes from the first name of Trono's wife.[2]
Description
The shell of Alvania rominae is 3.5 mm in length and 2.05 mm in diameter. It is pale yellow in color, with some individuals having brown or white shells.
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