Alvania auberiana

Alvania auberiana is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Alvania auberiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. auberiana
Binomial name
Alvania auberiana
(d’Orbigny, 1842)

Distribution

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 2.1 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 101 m.[2]

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References

  1. Alvania auberiana (d’Orbigny, 1842). WoRMS (2010). Alvania auberiana (d’Orbigny, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419615 on 9 August 2010 .
  2. 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.


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