Alvania flava is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania flava Okutani, 1964. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=865536 on 2024-01-23
Description The length of the shell varies between 0.6 mm and 3 mm.
Distribution This species occurs in Sea of Japan; also off the Philippines and the Kuriles, Russia.
References
Okutani T. (1964). Report on the archibenthal and abyssal gastropod Mollusca mainly collected from Sagami Bay and adjacent waters by the R.V. Soyo-Maru during the years 1955–1963. Journal of the Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo. section II, 15(3): 371–447, 7 pls. Sasaki, T. (2008). Micromolluscs in Japan: taxonomic composition, habitats, and future topics. Zoosymposia. 1: 147–232.
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