Alvania algeriana

Alvania algeriana
Shell of Alvania algeriana (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. algeriana
Binomial name
Alvania algeriana (Monterosato, 1877)
Synonyms
Rissoa algeriana Monterosato, 1877

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 3 mm to 4.7 mm.

The shell is imperforate. It has rounded longitudinal ribs and about equal interspaces. it is yellowish brown, with a brown subsutural band and three more on the base. The lip is simple and sharp. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Algeria, Tunisia and southern Corsica

References

1. Alvania algeriana (Monterosato, 1877). Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania algeriana (Monterosato, 1877). 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=141155 on 9 August 2010 .
2. G.W. Tryon (1884), Manual of conchology, structural and systematic : with illustrations of the species; Academy of Natural Sciences ser. 1, vol. 9 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

• Monterosato, T. A. di. (1877). Note sur quelques coquilles provenant des côtes d'Algérie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 25(1): 24-49, pls 2, 3
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213