Alvania subareolata

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Alvania subareolata
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Shell of Alvania subareolata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. subareolata
Binomial name
Alvania subareolata
Monterosato, 1869
Synonyms
  • Alvania trinacriaeOberling, 1970 junior subjective synonym
  • Rissoa (Alcidia) ignorataPallary, 1920 junior subjective synonym
  • Rissoa ignorataPallary, 1920 ·

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

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 1.8 mm and 3 mm.

The shell is imperforate, translucent and brownish. It is subclathrate by longitudinal riblets crossed by spiral lirae. The shell contains five convex whorls with a deep suture. The columella is arcuate. The basal area is cingulate. The outer lip is thickened externally. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Sicily, Greece and in the Strait of Gibraltar

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References

  1. ↑ Alvania subareolata Monterosato, 1869 . Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania subareolata Monterosato, 1869. 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=141244 on 9 August 2010 .
  2. ↑ G.W. Tryon (884), Manual of conchology, structural and systematic : with illustrations of the species; Academy of Natural Sciences ser. 1, vol. 9
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