Alvania gradatoides

Alvania gradatoides is a species of minute sea snail with an operculum, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Rissoidae.[2]

Alvania gradatoides
Black-and-white photo of apertural view of the paratype of Alvania gradatoides.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. gradatoides
Binomial name
Alvania gradatoides
(Finlay, 1930)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Linemera gradatoides Finlay, 1930
  • Alvinia (Linemera) gradatoides (Finlay, 1930)

Distribution

Description

Alvania gradatoides was originally discovered and described as Linemera gradatoides by Harold John Finlay in 1930.[1]

References
  1. Finlay H. J. (1930). "Additions to the Recent Molluscan Fauna of New Zealand. No. 3." Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 61: page 222-247.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2011). Alvania gradatoides (Finlay, 1930). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565212 on 2012-07-25
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