Alvania akibai

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| taxon = Alvania akibai

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| synonyms = † Rissoa (Alvania) akibai Yokoyama, 1926 (original combination)

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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.

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Sea of Japan.

References

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  • 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). Bathyal Rissoidae (Gastropoda: Rissooidea) off the Russian Far East coast of the Sea of Japan, with redescription of Punctulum reticulatum Golikov, 1986. Ruthenica. 32(2): 85–92.