Alvania lineata

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Alvania lineata
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A shell of Alvania lineata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. lineata
Binomial name
Alvania lineata
Risso, 1826 [1]
Synonyms
  • Alvania capuletiOberling, 1970
  • Alvania costulosaRisso, 1826
  • Alvania nodulosaRisso, 1826

Alvania lineata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae. [2]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm.

The shell has strong ribs, becoming obsolete on the base, and numerous spiral lirae, yellowish or fulvous, the lirae forming lines of deeper color. The shell contains six convex whorls with a deep suture. The outer lip is thickened externally, plicate within. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off the Balearic Islands, Corsica, Greece and Turkey.

Fossils have been found in Pleistocene strata near Messina, Sicily and near Monastir, Tunisia.

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References

  1. ↑ Risso A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Paris, Levrault.Vol. 1: XII + 448 + 1 carta [1826]. Vol. 2: VII + 482 + 8 pl. (fiori) [November 1827]. Vol. 3: XVI + 480 + 14 pl. (pesci) [settembre 1827]. Vol. 4: IV + 439 + 12 pl. (molluschi) [November 1826]. Vol. 5: VIII + 400 + 10 pl. (altri invertebrati) [November 1827].
  2. ↑ Alvania lineata Risso, 1826 . Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania lineata Risso, 1826. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141207 on 9 August 2010 .
  3. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884), Manual of conchology, structural and systematic : with illustrations of the species; Academy of Natural Sciences ser. 1, vol. 9 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
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