| Alvania verrilli | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. verrilli |
| Binomial name | |
| Alvania verrilli (Friele, 1886) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Alvania verrilli is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the lower Estuary of St. Lawrence
Description
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 180 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 190 m.[2]
References
- 1 2 Alvania verrilli (Friele, 1886). Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania verrilli (Friele, 1886). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141253 on 9 August 2010 .
- 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
- Clarke, A. H. (1963). Arctic archibenthal and abyssal molluscs. II. Molluscs dredged from drifting station Charlie (Alpha II). National Museum of Canada Bulletin. 185: 90-109
- Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
External links
- Friele H. (1886). Zoology, Mollusca II. Den Norske Nordhavs-expedition, 1876-1878, 3(16): 1-44, pl. 7-12
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
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