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Alvania mighelsi

Gastropoda - Rissoidae

Taxonomy

Alvania mighelsi was named by Stimpson (1851) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Northern Atlantic.]. It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

A. areolifera, A. barreti, A. brachia, A. curta, A. dinora, A. epulata, A. galapagensis, A. halia, A. hoodensis, A. iliuliukensis, A. lirata, A. nemo, A. oldroydi, A. tenuicostata, A. veleroana, A. gontsharovae, A. obliquistoma, A. montensis, A. sculpta

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1851	Alvania mighelsi Stimpson

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamily	Rissooidea	Gray 1847
family	Rissoidae	Gray 1847
genus	Alvania	Risso 1826
species	mighelsi	Stimpson 1851

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Alvania mighelsi Stimpson 1851

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

actively mobilef

Life habit:

epifaunalf

Diet:

grazerf

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-09-10 07:55:20

Modified:

2009-09-10 09:55:20

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Collections

No collection or age range data are available