Alvania monserratensis is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania monserratensis F. Baker, G. D. Hanna & A. M. Strong, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=564915 on 2024-01-03
Taxonomy This and other Western American species were attributed to Alvinia Monterosato, 1884, following Keen (1971); nevertheless it is not proved to be more related to the Mediterranean type species Alvania weinkauffi Weinkauff, 1868 than to other Alvania s.l. and is therefore retained in Alvania.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 1 mm and 2 mm. Distribution This species occurs off the Monserate Island, Gulf of California; also off the Galapagos Islands
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 Baker, F., Hanna, G. D. & Strong, A. M. (1930). Some rissoid Mollusca from the Gulf of California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. ser. 4, 19(4): 23-40, pl. 1. Adams, C. B. (1852). Catalogue of shells collected at Panama, with notes on their synonymy, station, and habitat. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. 5: 229-549.