Alvania cranchiana is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
| Alvania cranchiana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. cranchiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvania cranchiana Leach, 1852
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Description
editThe 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
editThis species occurs at the Devonshire and Cornish coasts, Great Britain.
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania cranchiana Leach, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1699113 on 2024-02-11
- ^ Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp. (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray)
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