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Alvania poucheti

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Alvania poucheti
Shell of Alvania poucheti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. poucheti
Binomial name
Alvania poucheti
Dautzenberg, 1889
Synonyms
  • Alvania poucheti var. cingulifera Dautzenberg, 1889

Alvania poucheti is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 1.8 mm and 2 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores.

References

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  1. ^ Alvania poucheti Dautzenberg, 1889. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania poucheti Dautzenberg, 1889. 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=141227 on 9 August 2010 .
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