- Source: Alvania moerchi
Alvania moerchi is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 3 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in Arctic waters (Saguenay Fjord; downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary ); also off the Faroes.
References
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.
Warén A. (1974). Revision of the Arctic-Atlantic Rissoidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Zoologica Scripta 3: 121-135
External links
Collin J. (1886). Brachionopoder, muslinger og snegle fra Kara-Havet. In: Lütken C.F. (ed.) Dijmphna-Togtets zoologisk-botaniske Udbytte: 441-472, pls 41-41.
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
Warén A. (1996). New and little known mollusca from Iceland and Scandinavia. Part 3. Sarsia 81: 197-245
