Alvania cranchiana

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

Alvania cranchiana
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. cranchiana
Binomial name
Alvania cranchiana
Leach, 1852

Description

The length of the shell attains 3.17 mm.

(Original description) The white shell is smooth. The suture is moderately deep. The five whorls are very smooth. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs at the Devonshire and Cornish coasts, Great Britain.

References


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