Alvania occidua

Alvania occidua
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. occidua
Binomial name
Alvania occidua (Cotton, 1944)
Synonyms
Alvania (Alvania) occidua(Cotton, 1944) Alvania (Linemera) occidua(Cotton, 1944) · alternate representation Linemera occiduaCotton, 1944 ·

Alvania occidua 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 2.1 mm, its diameter 1 mm.

Distribution

This species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia and Western Australia

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania occidua (Cotton, 1944). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594835 on 2024-01-03

• 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