Alvania campta

Alvania campta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. campta
Binomial name
Alvania campta
(Dall, 1927)
Synonyms
  • Rissoa (Cingula) campta Dall, 1927 (basionym)
  • Rissoa campta Dall, 1927 (Alvania accepted as genus)

Alvania campta 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 4 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.

(Original description) The small shell is translucent white and slender. It has a glassy protoconch of about two whorls and four subsequent well-rounded whorls, separated by a deep suture. The axial sculpture consists of numerous minute close-set vertical riblets, hardly visible without a lens, crossed by microscopic spiral striae over the whole surface. The base is rounded and imperforate. The lips are simple, not meeting over the body. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Georgia, USA.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania campta (Dall, 1927). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532368 on 2024-01-17
  2. ^ Dall, W. H. (1927). Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United states by the United States Fisheries Steamer "Albatross", in 1885 and 1886. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 70(2667): 1-134 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.