Alvania scabra is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
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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. scabra
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvania scabra (Philippi, 1844)
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 1.5 mm and 3 mm.
The shell is longitudinally plicate, obsolete below, spirally lirate, forming mamillary tubercles. It contains 6 slightly convex whorls. The shell is white, maculated with chestnut. The outer lip is sulcate within, varicose externally. [2]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea (Spain, Algeria, Italy, Greece); in the Atlantic Ocean off Madeira.
References
edit- ^ Alvania scabra (Philippi, 1844). Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania scabra (Philippi, 1844). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141233 on 9 August 2010 .
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884), Manual of conchology, structural and systematic : with illustrations of the species; Academy of Natural Sciences ser. 1, vol. 9
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
edit- Philippi, R. A. (1844). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2.. Halle (Halis Saxorum) Eduard Anton. iv + 303 pp., pls 13-28
- Weinkauff, H. C. (1867). Die Conchylien des Mittelmeeres, ihre geographische und geologische Verbreitung. T. Fischer, Cassel Vol. 1: pp. XIX + 307
- Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. Journal de Conchyliologie. 48(3): 211-422
- Monterosato, T. A. di. (1877). Notizie sulle conchiglie della rada di Civitavecchia. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. (1876–1877) 9: 407–428
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
- Amati, B.; Appolloni, M.; Giulio, A. D.; Scuderi, D.; Smriglio, C.; Oliverio, M. (2020). Revision of the Recent Alvania scabra (Philippi, 1844) complex (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Rissoidae) from the Mediterranean Sea with the description of a new species. Zootaxa. 4767(3): 415-458
- Thanasis Manousis, The Marine Mollusca of Greece: an up-to-date, systematic catalogue, documented with bibliographic and pictorial references
- Conchology.be: image
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