Alvania auberiana

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Alvania auberiana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. auberiana
Binomial name
Alvania auberiana
(d'Orbigny, 1842)
Synonyms

Rissoa auberianad'Orbigny, 1842

Alvania auberiana, common name the West Indian alvania, is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae. [1]

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off North Carolina, USA, Bermuda, Curaçao and Colombia to Eastern Brazil.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 2.1 mm. [2]

The imperforate shell is thin. It is white, with brownish maculations. It shows numerous, thin, longitudinal and spiral ribs. The shell contains six convex whorls with a sloping shoulder defined by an angle. The outer lip is thickened. [3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. [2] Maximum recorded depth is 101 m. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Alvania auberiana (d'Orbigny, 1842) . WoRMS (2010). Alvania auberiana (d'Orbigny, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419615 on 9 August 2010 .
  2. 1 2 3 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.
  3. ↑ 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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