''Alvania planciusi'' is a
species of minute
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk or
micromollusk
A micromollusk is a shelled mollusk which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to marine mollusks, although in addition, numerous species of land snails and freshwater mollusks also ...
in the
family Rissoidae
Rissoidae is a large family of very small and minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Rissooidea and the order Littorinimorpha.
Distribution and habitat
This family of snails is found worldwide. They ...
.
Description
Distribution
References
* Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
* Templado, J.; Rolán, E. (1994
1993". Las especies del género Crisilla y afines (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Rissoidea) en el archipiélago de Cabo Verde. Iberus. 11(2): 1-25
External links
Moolenbeek R.G. & Rolán E. (1988). New species of Rissoidae from the Cape Verde Islands (Mollusca: Gastropoda) part 1. Bulletin Zoölogisch Museum. 11(14): 121-126
Rissoidae
Gastropods described in 1988
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