Alvania subareolata | |
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Shell of Alvania subareolata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
Family: | Rissoidae |
Genus: | Alvania |
Species: | A. subareolata
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Binomial name | |
Alvania subareolata Monterosato, 1869
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Synonyms | |
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Alvania subareolata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae. [1]
The length of the shell varies between 1.8 mm and 3 mm.
The shell is imperforate, translucent and brownish. It is subclathrate by longitudinal riblets crossed by spiral lirae. The shell contains five convex whorls with a deep suture. The columella is arcuate. The basal area is cingulate. The outer lip is thickened externally. [2]
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Sicily, Greece and in the Strait of Gibraltar
Alvania subareolata | |
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Shell of Alvania subareolata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
Family: | Rissoidae |
Genus: | Alvania |
Species: | A. subareolata
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Binomial name | |
Alvania subareolata Monterosato, 1869
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Synonyms | |
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Alvania subareolata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae. [1]
The length of the shell varies between 1.8 mm and 3 mm.
The shell is imperforate, translucent and brownish. It is subclathrate by longitudinal riblets crossed by spiral lirae. The shell contains five convex whorls with a deep suture. The columella is arcuate. The basal area is cingulate. The outer lip is thickened externally. [2]
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Sicily, Greece and in the Strait of Gibraltar