Alvania monserratensis is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.
Taxonomy
This and other Western American species were attributed to Alvinia <small>Monterosato, 1884</small>, following Keen (1971); nevertheless it is not proved to be more related to the Mediterranean type species Alvania weinkauffi <small>Weinkauff, 1868</small> than to other Alvania s.l. and is therefore retained in Alvania.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 1 mm and 2 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs off the Monserate Island, Gulf of California; also off the Galapagos Islands
References
- Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
- Warén A. (1974). Revision of the Arctic-Atlantic Rissoidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Zoologica Scripta 3: 121-135
External links
- Baker, F., Hanna, G. D. & Strong, A. M. (1930). Some rissoid Mollusca from the Gulf of California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. ser. 4, 19(4): 23-40, pl. 1.
- Adams, C. B. (1852). Catalogue of shells collected at Panama, with notes on their synonymy, station, and habitat. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. 5: 229-549.