Alvania jeffreysi
| Alvania jeffreysi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. jeffreysi
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvania jeffreysi (Waller, 1864)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Onoba jeffrejsii | |
Alvania jeffreysi is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
Distribution
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Description
The species was described from a specimen found in sand dredged north of Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland from a depth of 85 fathoms (155 m). It was named in honour of conchologist and malacologist John Gwyn Jeffreys.[2]
The maximum recorded shell length is 2.3 mm.[3]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 264 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 264 m.[3]
References
- ^ a b Alvania jeffreysi (Waller, 1864). Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania jeffreysi (Waller, 1864). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141200 on 9 August 2010 .
- ^ Waller, E. (1864). "On a new British species of Rissoa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 3. 14: 136–138. doi:10.1080/00222936408681672. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
- "Alvania jeffreysi (Waller 1864 : Rissoa)". CLEMAM. Retrieved 13 May 2016.