Alvania colossophilus is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.
Description The length of the shell attains 3.7 mm, its diameter 2.2 mm.
Distribution This species occurs in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, in the Aegean Sea and off the Turkish coast.
References
Oberling, J.-J. (1970). Quelques espèces nouvelles de Gastropodes du bassin Méditerranéen. Naturhistorisches Museum Bern. Kleine Mitteilungen. 1: 1-7. Nordsieck, F. (1972). Die europäischen Meeresschnecken (Opisthobranchia mit Pyramidellidae; Rissoacea). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden, Mittelmeer und Schwarzes Meer. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart. XIII + 327 pp.
External links Bitlis B. & Öztürk B. (2017). The genus Alvania (Gastropoda: Rissoidae) along the Turkish Aegean coast with the description of a new species. Scientia Marina. 81(3): 395-411 Thanasis Manousis, The Marine Mollusca of Greece: an up-to-date, systematic catalogue, documented with bibliographic and pictorial references Malacopics Photogallery: image