Alvania verrilli

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

Alvania verrilli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. verrilli
Binomial name
Alvania verrilli
(Friele, 1886)
Synonyms[1]

Onoba verrilli

Distribution

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 2.9 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 180 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 190 m.[2]

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References

  1. 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 .
  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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