Alvania aspera

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Alvania aspera
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Shell of Alvania aspera (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. aspera
Binomial name
Alvania aspera
(Philippi, 1844)
Synonyms

Rissoa asperaR. A. Philippi, 1844 superseded combination

Contents

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 1.5 mm and 3.7 mm.

The shell resembles Alvania lineata , but the decussations are deeper, giving the nodules a rough appearance. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Tunisia and Greece.

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References

  1. ↑ Alvania aspera (Philippi, 1844) . Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania aspera (Philippi, 1844). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141159 on 9 August 2010 .
  2. ↑ G.W. Tryon (884), Manual of conchology, structural and systematic : with illustrations of the species; Academy of Natural Sciences ser. 1, vol. 9


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