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Alvinia (conifer)
''Alvania'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family (biology), family Rissoidae. They form a very diversified group within the Rissoidae family. Description ''Alvania'' as currently used may not be monophyletic. The genus ''Alvinia'' has been synonymized with ''Alvania'', until a consistent phylogenetic scheme emerges for the whole group. , is sometimes considered a separate genus.Gofas, S. (2012). Alvinia Monterosato, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine * At http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574680 on 18 June 2012 The genus Alvania comprises species with small shells with heights measuring between 1 mm and 7 mm. Their general shape is ovate-conical, reticulated with axial and spirals elements. They have a continuous peristome. Their coloration is variable. Some species such as ''Alvania sculptilis'' have been named twice with the second naming becoming a junior secondary ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvania Clathrella
''Alvania clathrella'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family (biology), family Rissoidae. Description The length of the shell varies between 2 mm and 3 mm. Distribution This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Sicily and Greece. References External links Seguenza L. (1903). Rissoidi neogenici della provincia di Messina. Paleeontographica Italica. 9: 35-60, pl. 11. Amati B. & Smriglio C. (2016). Taxonomic notes on the Alvania dictyophora-complex with the description of Alvania desabatae spec. nov. (Gastropoda, Rissoidae) from the Mediterranean Sea. Iberus. 34(2): 163-180Thanasis Manousis, The Marine Mollusca of Greece: an up-to-date, systematic catalogue, documented with bibliographic and pictorial references Alvania, clathrella Gastropods described in 1903 {{Rissoidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvania Abstersa
''Alvania abstersa'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae. Description Distribution This marine species occurs off the Azores The Azores ( , , ; , ), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores (), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with Madeira). It is an archipelago composed of nine volcanic islands in the Macaronesia region of the North Atl .... References * van der Linden J. (1993) Alvania obsoleta spec. nov. from the Azores (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia: Rissoidae). Basteria 57: 79-82. External links van der Linden J. & van Aartsen J.J. (1994). Alvania abstersa nom. nov., a new name for A. obsoleta van der Linden, 1993, non A. obsoleta (S.V. Wood, 1848) (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia, Rissoidae). Basteria 58(1-2): 2 Malacopics Photogallery: image abstersa Gastropods described in 1993 {{Rissoidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvania Alboranensis
''Alvania alboranensis'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Rissoidae Rissoidae is a large family of sea snails. Members of the Rissoidae are very small in size and possess an operculum. Distribution and habitat Rissoidae are found worldwide. They live on sandy or gravel bottoms among algae or marine plants. Th .... Description The length of the shell attains 3.7 mm. Distribution This marine species occurs off Alborán Island, Spain References External links Peñas A., Rolán E., Luque A.A., Templado J., Moreno D., Rubio F., Salas C., Sierra A. & Gofas S. (2006). Moluscos marinos de la isla de Alborán. Iberus. 24(1): 23-151Conchology.be: image alboranensis Gastropods described in 2006 {{Rissoidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvania Albachiarae
''Alvania albachiarae'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Alvania albachiarae Perugia, 2021. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1507149 on 2023-12-13 Distribution This marine species occurs off Oman Oman, officially the Sultanate of Oman, is a country located on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in West Asia and the Middle East. It shares land borders with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Oman’s coastline .... References * Perugia, I. (2021). Some new microshells from Oman (Masirah Is.). Xenophora Taxonomy. 32: 48–56. External links * albachiarae Gastropods described in 2021 {{Rissoidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvania Akibai
''Alvania akibai'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania akibai (Yokoyama, 1926). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=759691 on 2024-01-16 Description The length of the shell attains 3 mm, its diameter 2.3 mm. Distribution This species occurs in the Sea of Japan The Sea of Japan is the marginal sea between the Japanese archipelago, Sakhalin, the Korean Peninsula, and the mainland of the Russian Far East. The Japanese archipelago separates the sea from the Pacific Ocean. Like the Mediterranean Sea, it .... References * Hasegawa K. (2014) A review of bathyal Rissoidae in the Sea of Japan and adjacent waters (Gastropoda: Rissooidea). In: T. Fujita (ed.), Deep-sea fauna of the Sea of Japan. National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs 44: 75–148. * Hasegawa, K. (2022). Bathy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvania Aglaja
''Alvania aglaja'' is an extinct species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania aglaja De Stefani & Pantanelli, 1888 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=874925 on 2024-02-01 Description The length of the shell attains 4.3 mm, its diameter 2 mm. Distribution Fossils of this marine species were found in Pliocene strata off Siena Siena ( , ; traditionally spelled Sienna in English; ) is a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, and the capital of the province of Siena. It is the twelfth most populated city in the region by number of inhabitants, with a population of 52,991 ... in Italy References External links De Stefani, C. (1888). Iconografia dei nuovi molluschi pliocenici d'intorno Siena. Bullettino della Società malacologica italiana. 13: 181-23 aglaja Gastropods described in 1888 {{p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvania Agathae
''Alvania agathae'' is an extinct species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania agathae Reitano, Cresti & Di Franco, 2020 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1697778 on 2024-02-01 Distribution Fossils of this marine species were found in Pliocene The Pliocene ( ; also Pleiocene) is the epoch (geology), epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.33 to 2.58 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvania Africana
''Alvania africana'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae. Description The length of the shell varies between 2.6 mm and 4 mm. Distribution This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verde, Mauritania and Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c .... References africana Gastropods described in 1999 {{Rissoidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvania Aequisculpta
''Alvania aequisculpta'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania aequisculpta Keep, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=593627 on 2024-01-16 Taxonomy This and other Western American species were attributed to ''Alvinia'' Monterosato, 1884, following Keen (1971); nevertheless it is not proved to be more related to the Mediterranean type species Alvania weinkauffi Weinkauff, 1868 than to other ''Alvania s.l.'' and is therefore retained in ''Alvania''. Description The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 10 mm. (Original description) The minute shell is slender, and coarsely cancellated. The spire is five-whorled, and the aperture is circular and entire. Its color is white, and its length is only one-eighth of an inch. The very elongate-conic shell is light yellow. The protoconch conta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvania Aeoliae
''Alvania aeoliae'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae. Description The length of the shell varies between 1.5 mm and 2 mm. Distribution This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off the Aeolian Islands The Aeolian Islands ( ; ; ), sometimes referred to as the Lipari Islands or Lipari group ( , ) after their largest island, are a volcanic archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea north of Sicily, said to be named after Aeolus, the mythical ruler of ..., Sicily References * Palazzi, S. (1988). Description of two new species of Alvania. La Conchiglia. 230-231: 21-24. External links Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213 aeoliae Gastropods described in 1988 {{Rissoidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvania Adinogramma
''Alvania adinogramma'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae. Description The length of the shell varies between 1.5 mm and 3 mm. Distribution This deep-sea species occurs in the Atlantic Sea off the Azores The Azores ( , , ; , ), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores (), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with Madeira). It is an archipelago composed of nine volcanic islands in the Macaronesia region of the North Atl ... and in the northeast Atlantic References * Gofas S. (2007). Rissoidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from northeast Atlantic seamounts. Journal of Natural History 41(13–16): 779–885 External links Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213 adinogr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvania Adiaphoros
''Alvania adiaphoros'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae. Description The length of the shell attains 2.03 mm. Distribution This marine species occurs off the Azores The Azores ( , , ; , ), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores (), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with Madeira). It is an archipelago composed of nine volcanic islands in the Macaronesia region of the North Atl .... This species can only be found along the costal areas. References * Gofas S. (2007). Rissoidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from northeast Atlantic seamounts. Journal of Natural History 41(13–16): 779–885 External links Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213 adiaphoros Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |