Alvania cranchiana

Alvania cranchiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. cranchiana
Binomial name
Alvania cranchiana Leach, 1852

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 3.17 mm.

(Original description) The white shell is smooth. The suture is moderately deep. The five whorls are very smooth. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs at the Devonshire and Cornish coasts, Great Britain.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania cranchiana Leach, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1699113 on 2024-02-11
2. Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp. (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .