Alvania hedleyi

Alvania hedleyi
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. hedleyi
Binomial name
Alvania hedleyi
Thiele, 1930
Synonyms
  • Alvania (Alvania) hedleyi Thiele, 1930
  • Merelina cyrta Cotton, 1944

Alvania hedleyi 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 2.5 mm, its diameter 1.3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Western Australia.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania hedleyi Thiele, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578554 on 2024-01-24
  • Thiele, J. (1930). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. 5 (8). Gastropoda und Bivalvia. Jena: Gustav Fischer. 561–596, pl. 4.
  • Ponder, W.F. 1985. A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum suppl. 4: 1-221


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