Alvania formicarum

Alvania formicarum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Alvania formicarum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. formicarum
Binomial name
Alvania formicarum
Gofas, 1989

Distribution

They are typically found on the east coast of the Formigas Islets[2] in the Azores[3]

References

  1. Alvania formicarum Gofas, 1989. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania formicarum Gofas, 1989. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141188 on 9 August 2010 .
  2. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141188
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-02-26. Retrieved 2017-02-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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