Alvania auberiana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
Family: | Rissoidae |
Genus: | Alvania |
Species: | A. auberiana
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Binomial name | |
Alvania auberiana (
d'Orbigny, 1842)
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Synonyms | |
Rissoa auberiana d'Orbigny, 1842 |
Alvania auberiana, common name the West Indian alvania, is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae. [1]
This marine species occurs off North Carolina, USA, Bermuda, Curaçao and Colombia to Eastern Brazil.
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The maximum recorded shell length is 2.1 mm. [2]
The imperforate shell is thin. It is white, with brownish maculations. It shows numerous, thin, longitudinal and spiral ribs. The shell contains six convex whorls with a sloping shoulder defined by an angle. The outer lip is thickened. [3]
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. [2] Maximum recorded depth is 101 m. [2]