The length of the shell varies between 1.5 mm and 3 mm.
The thin shell is hyaline. It is dark brown or fulvous. It has distant thin longitudinal, and stronger, more distant spiral lirae, two of the latter in the penultimate and five in the body whorl; perforate. The outer
lip is thin. [2]
^Alvania dictyophora (Philippi, 1844). Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania dictyophora (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=141178 on 9 August 2010 .
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213