| Alvania auberiana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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 small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae. [1]
This marine species occurs off North Carolina, USA, Bermuda, Curaçao and Colombia to Eastern Brazil.
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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]
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. [2] Maximum recorded depth is 101 m. [2]
