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species

Alvania moerchi (A.E. Collin, 1886)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Littorinimorpha »  family Rissoidae »  genus Alvania

Scientific synonyms

Alvania moerchii Collin, 1886

Images

Alvania moerchi

Author: Warén, A.

Alvania moerchi

Author: Kantor & Sysoev

Taxon in country check-lists*

Arctic, Europe: Greenland, Iceland, Russia (Siberia), North America: Canada

* List of countries might not be complete

Interchangeable taxa

The stout shape, strong spiral keels, absence of axial ribs, and large aperture make A. moerchi easy to recognise among the Arctic rissoids.
Warén, A. 1996 - New and little known Mollusca from Iceland and Scandinavia. Part 3.

Distribution

High Arctic, Northeastern Canada, Eastern Greenland, northern and eastern Iceland, Svalbard, Kara Sea, cast to the New Siberian Islands. Depth range 15-678 m. (WAKEN 1974. Schiotte 1989).
Warén, A. 1996 - New and little known Mollusca from Iceland and Scandinavia. Part 3.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Alvania moerchi (Collin, 1886)]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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