Alvania strangei is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
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| Shell of Alvania strangei (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam) | |
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. strangei
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvania strangei (Brazier, 1894)
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 2.2 mm, its diameter 1 mm.
(Original description) The minute, rather solid shell is imperforate and turbinately conoid. It is whitish, faintly light banded with light brown. It contains 5½ whorls. The apical whorls are smooth. The others are longitudinally strongly ribbed, ending at the periphery. The interstices are smooth and slightly noduled at the sutures, which are rather deep. The base of the shell is convex and has three strong raised spiral lines. The aperture is subcircular. The outer lip is rather thin. The white columella is thickened.[2]
Distribution
editThis species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania strangei (Brazier, 1894). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594836 on 2024-01-11
- ^ Brazier, John, On some Australian and Tasmanian Mollusca, with their synonyms; Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales vol. 9, 1895
- 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
External links
edit- Henn, A. U. (1894). List of Mollusca found at Green Point, Watson's Bay, Sydney. With a few remarks upon some of the most interesting species and descriptions of the new species, by John Brazier, F.L.S, C.M.Z.S. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. (2) 9: 165-182, plate XIV.
- Petterd, W. F. (1884). Description of new Tasmanian shells. Journal of Conchology. 4(5): 135-145