Alvania versoverana is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
| Alvania versoverana | |
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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. versoverana
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvania versoverana (Melvill, 1893)
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| Synonyms | |
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Rissoa versoverana Melvill, 1893 superseded combination | |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 2.2 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The small, delicate shell is ovate-oblong and semi-translucent. It contains six ventricose whorls, adpressed to the sutures. The sculpture consists of longitudinal, slightly oblique ribs. They almost cease to exist at the base of the body whorl. The shell has a delicate transverse liration. The aperture is round. The outer lip is thin and simple. [2]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Réunion.
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania versoverana (Melvill, 1893). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594830 on 2024-01-31
- ^ Melvill, J. C. (1893). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of marine shells from Bombay collected by Alexander Abercrombie, Esq. Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society. 7: 52-67, 1 pl
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