Alvania quadrata

Alvania quadrata
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. quadrata
Binomial name
Alvania quadrata
A. Gould, 1861

Alvania quadrata 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 1.6 mm, its diameter 0.8 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The very minute, lanceolate shell is white. It contains four squarely stitched whorls. The sculpture consists of circ. 16 ribs and three spiral riblets with three more on the base of the shell. The aperture is suboval. The outer lip !s thickened. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in Chinese seas.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania quadrata A. Gould, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=881066 on 2024-01-28
  2. ^ Gould, A. A. (1861). Description of new shells collected by the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 7: 385-389 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.