Alvania fasciata

Alvania fasciata
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. fasciata
Binomial name
Alvania fasciata
(Tenison Woods, 1876)
Synonyms
  • Dunkeria fasciata Tenison Woods, 1876 (original combination)
  • Merelina eminens Laseron, 1950
  • Rissoa hulliana Tate, 1899
  • Rissoa hullii Tate, 1893 (unnecessary replacement name for Dunkeria fasciata Tenison Woods, 1876, by Tate treated as a secondary homonym of Rissoa fasciata Requien, 1848)
  • Rissoa hulliana eucraspeda Hedley, C. 1911

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 3.5 mm and 4 mm, its diameter is 2 mm.

(Original description) The minute shell is turretted, latticed all over. It is translucent and touched with pale yellow. It contains six convex whorls, bicarinate and beautifully cancellate, with a few elevated, shining, spiral and transverse lirae. The outer lip is simple. The columel!a is arcuate.[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania fasciata (Tenison Woods, 1876). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578553 on 2024-01-23
  2. ^ Tenison Woods, J. E. (1876). Descriptions of new Tasmanian shells. Papers and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 1875: 134–162 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Hedley, C. 1911. Report on the Mollusca obtained by the F.I.S. 'Endeavour' chiefly off Cape Wiles South Australia. Part 1. Zoological Results of the Fisheries Experiments carried out by F.I.S. "Endeavour" 1: 89-114
  • Ponder, W.F. 1985. A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum suppl. 4: 1-221