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Alvania salebrosa

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Alvania salebrosa
Drawing of a shell of Alvania salebrosa (holotype)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. salebrosa
Binomial name
Alvania salebrosa
Frauenfeld, 1867

Alvania salebrosa is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 2.6 mm, its diameter 1.6 mm.

The thick, somewhat shining, brownish shell is depressed conical. It shows 10-12 strong, close, rounded ribs, subnodose at the suture, and on the angulated periphery of the body whorl. The shell contains 5½ flattened whorls that are rapidly increasing. [2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Sydney, Australia.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania salebrosa Frauenfeld, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=865801 on 2024-01-28
  2. ^ G.W. Tryon (1884), Manual of conchology, structural and systematic : with illustrations of the species; Academy of Natural Sciences ser. 1, vol. 9 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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