Alvania platycephala

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| image_caption = Shell of Alvania platycephala (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)

| taxon = Alvania platycephala

| authority = Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896

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| synonyms =

  • Rissoa platycephala (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
  • Rissoa platycephala var. exasperata Dautzenberg, 1927 ·

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Alvania platycephala is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.{{WRMS species|141225|Alvania platycephala Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896|||Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania platycephala Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896. 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=141225 on 9 August 2010}}

Description

The length of the shell attains 2.6-3 mm.

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores and Madeira.

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