Alvania isolata explained

Alvania isolata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Christmas Island and off the Society Islands, French Polynesia.

References

• Laseron, C. F. (1956). The families Rissoinidae and Rissoidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian zoogeographical provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 7 (3): 384–484.
• Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp

External links

• Amati, B.; Di Giulio, A.; Oliverio, M. (2023). Shallow-water Rissoidae of the genera Alvania Risso, 1826, Haurakia Iredale, 1915, Parashiela Laseron, 1956, Simulamerelina Ponder, 1985 and Subestea Cotton, 1944 (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda, Rissooidea) from French Polynesia, with the description of a new deep-water genus. Zoosystema. 45(25): 803-892
• Ponder, W. F. (1985). A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum. Suppl. 4: 1-221

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Alvania isolata (Laseron, 1956). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594832 on 2023-12-29