Alvania subcrenulata

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| image_caption = Apertural view of a shell of Alvania subcrenulata

| taxon = Alvania subcrenulata

| authority = (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884) Bucquoy E., Dautzenberg P. & Dollfus G., 1882-1886: Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome Ier. Gastropodes. , Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils, 570 p., 66 pl.

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  • Acinopsis subcrenulata (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884)
  • Alvania (Alvania) subcrenulata (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884)
  • Rissoa crenulata var. minor R. A. Philippi, 1844
  • Rissoa subcrenulata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus 1884 (basionym)

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Alvania subcrenulata is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.{{WRMS species|141246|Alvania subcrenulata (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884)|||Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania subcrenulata (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884). 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=141246 on 4 November 2012}}

Description

The length of shell varies between 2.5 mm and 4 mm.

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Capri, Sicily, Corsica and Greece.

References

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  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213