Alvania formicarum
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| image_caption = Shell of Alvania formicarum (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
| taxon = Alvania formicarum
| authority = Gofas, 1989
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Alvania formicarum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.{{WRMS species|141188|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
Description
The length of the shell attains 2.5 mm.
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Distribution
They are typically found on the east coast of the Formigas Islets{{Cite web|url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141188|title = WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Alvania formicarum Gofas, 1989}} in the Azores{{Cite web |url=http://multimedia.nlbif.nl/handle/11307/55877?show=full |title=Alvania formicarum Gofas, 1989 |access-date=2017-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226212733/http://multimedia.nlbif.nl/handle/11307/55877?show=full |archive-date=2017-02-26 |url-status=dead }}
References
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- Gofas S. (1989). Two new species of Alvania (Rissoidae) from the Azores. Publicações Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia 14: 39-42, 15 fig
page(s): 40-41; pl., fig, 9-14
External links
- [https://www.marinespecies.org/malacopics/photogallery.php?album=3520&pic=56522 Malacopics Photogallery: image]
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Category:Gastropods described in 1989
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