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Alvania scrobiculata

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Alvania scrobiculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Rissoidae
Genus:
Alvania
Species:
A. scrobiculata
Binomial name
Alvania scrobiculata
(Møller, 1842)

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

Distribution

  • European waters[1]
  • North West Atlantic[1]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 3.4 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 22 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 574 m.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Alvania scrobiculata (Møller, 1842). Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania scrobiculata (Møller, 1842). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141235 on 9 August 2010 .
  2. ^ 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.


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