Alvania cruzi
| Alvania cruzi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. cruzi
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvania cruzi (Castellanos & D. E. Fernández, 1974)
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Alvania cruzi is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
Originally described as Rissoa cruzi by Castellanos and Fernández in 1974, it was reclassified into the genus Alvania based on shell characteristics.
This species was first documented in southern Brazilian waters more than 35 years after its initial description. [2]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell varies between 2.2 mm and 3 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Southern Brazil.
References
[edit]- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Alvania herwigia (Castellanos & D. E. Fernández, 1974). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532375 on 2023-12-28
- ^ Wiggers, Veitenheimer-Mendes (December 2009). "First record and new combination of a rissoid gastropod from off south Brazil". doi:10.5007/2175-7925.2009v22n4p251.
- Castellanos, Z. J. A. de & Fernández, D. E. (1974). Nuevas Rissoa Freminuille 1813 del Atlántico sudoccidental (Mollusca Rissoacea). Neotrópica. 20 (63): 153–155.
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