Alvania hedleyi

Alvania hedleyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. hedleyi
Binomial name
Alvania hedleyi Thiele, 1930
Synonyms
Alvania (Alvania) hedleyiThiele, 1930 Merelina cyrtaCotton, 1944

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 2.5 mm, its diameter 1.3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Western Australia.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania hedleyi Thiele, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578554 on 2024-01-24

• Thiele, J. (1930). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. 5 (8). Gastropoda und Bivalvia. Jena: Gustav Fischer. 561–596, pl. 4.
• Ponder, W.F. 1985. A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum suppl. 4: 1-221

External links

• Cotton, B. C. (1944). Recent Australian species of the family Rissoidae (Mollusca). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 68: 286-314; plate XVI