Alvania rominae
Alvania rominae is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.
Taxonomy
Alvania rominae was described by Italian malacologists Bruno Amati & Daniele Trono and Italian zoologist Marco Oliverio in 2020 based on a specimen collected at a depth of 58 meters in the Gulf of Taranto in the Ionian Sea, near the city of Gallipolli, Italy. The species name, rominae, comes from the first name of Trono's wife.
Description
The shell of Alvania rominae is 3.5 mm in length and 2.05 mm in diameter. It is pale yellow in color, with some individuals having brown or white shells.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Ionian Sea, off the coasts of southern Apulia. It has been collected at depths ranging from 35 meters to 58 meters, and in waters ranging from about 8 kilometers to about 34 kilometers from the shore near Otranto, Sant'Isidoro, and Porto Cesareo, all within the province of Lecce.