Alvania verrilli is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk 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. verrilli
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| Alvania verrilli (Friele, 1886)
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the lower Estuary of St. Lawrence
Description
editThe maximum recorded shell length is 2.9 mm.[2]
(Original description) The white, solid shell is ovo-elongate. It contains 5 convex whorls. The protoconch is obtuse and smooth. The suture is deep. The aperture is sub-circular. The sculpture consists of, about 20 strongly prominent axial ribs, and a microscopically minute and close spiral striation. There is no umbilicus but only a minute umbilical split. The outer lip is thickened.
The peculiar fine spiral sculpture causes this species to be readily distinguishable. [3]
Habitat
editMinimum recorded depth is 180 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 190 m.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Alvania verrilli (Friele, 1886). Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania verrilli (Friele, 1886). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141253 on 9 August 2010 .
- ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
- ^ Friele H. (1886). Zoology, Mollusca II. Den Norske Nordhavs-expedition, 1876-1878, 3(16): 1-44, pl. 7-12
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Clarke, A. H. (1963). Arctic archibenthal and abyssal molluscs. II. Molluscs dredged from drifting station Charlie (Alpha II). National Museum of Canada Bulletin. 185: 90-109
- Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
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