Alvania algeriana | |
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Shell of Alvania algeriana (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
Family: | Rissoidae |
Genus: | Alvania |
Species: | A. algeriana
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Binomial name | |
Alvania algeriana (Monterosato, 1877)
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Synonyms | |
Rissoa algeriana Monterosato, 1877 |
Alvania algeriana is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae. [1]
The length of the shell attains 3 mm to 4.7 mm.
The shell is imperforate. It has rounded longitudinal ribs and about equal interspaces. it is yellowish brown, with a brown subsutural band and three more on the base. The lip is simple and sharp. [2]
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Algeria, Tunisia and southern Corsica
Alvania algeriana | |
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Shell of Alvania algeriana (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
Family: | Rissoidae |
Genus: | Alvania |
Species: | A. algeriana
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Binomial name | |
Alvania algeriana (Monterosato, 1877)
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Synonyms | |
Rissoa algeriana Monterosato, 1877 |
Alvania algeriana is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae. [1]
The length of the shell attains 3 mm to 4.7 mm.
The shell is imperforate. It has rounded longitudinal ribs and about equal interspaces. it is yellowish brown, with a brown subsutural band and three more on the base. The lip is simple and sharp. [2]
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Algeria, Tunisia and southern Corsica