Alvania dejongi

Alvania dejongi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. dejongi
Binomial name
Alvania dejongi

Alvania dejongi is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.

Distribution

This species occurs in the tropical Western Atlantic Ocean.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 1.25 mm.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. Maximum recorded depth is 23 m.

References

  1. ↑ Faber & Moolenbeek. 2004. Beaufortia Bulletin Zoological Museum 54(3) : 59-65. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 08/09/10.
  2. ↑ Alvania dejongi Faber & Moolenbeek, 2004. WoRMS (2009). Alvania dejongi Faber & Moolenbeek, 2004. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=388692 on 9 August 2010 .
  3. 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.