Alvania verrilli

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Alvania verrilli
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Shell of Alvania verrilli (holotype)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. verrilli
Binomial name
Alvania verrilli
(Friele, 1886)
Synonyms [1]
  • Alvania karliniA. H. Clarke, 1963
  • Onoba verrilli(Friele, 1886) (currently placed in genus Alvania)
  • Rissoa verrilliFriele, 1886

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

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Distribution

This marine species occurs in the lower Estuary of St. Lawrence

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 2.9 mm. [2]

(Original description) The white, solid shell is ovo-elongate. It contains 5 convex whorls. The protoconch is obtuse and smooth. The suture is deep. The aperture is sub-circular. The sculpture consists of, about 20 strongly prominent axial ribs, and a microscopically minute and close spiral striation. There is no umbilicus but only a minute umbilical split. The outer lip is thickened.

The peculiar fine spiral sculpture causes this species to be readily distinguishable. [3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 180 m. [2] Maximum recorded depth is 190 m. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Alvania verrilli (Friele, 1886) . Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania verrilli (Friele, 1886). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141253 on 9 August 2010 .
  2. 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
  3. ↑ Friele H. (1886). Zoology, Mollusca II. Den Norske Nordhavs-expedition, 1876-1878, 3(16): 1-44, pl. 7-12 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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