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The length of the shell attains 3 |
The length of the shell attains 3mm to 4.7mm. |
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The shell is imperforate. It has rounded longitudinal ribs and about equal interspaces. it is yellowish brown, with a brown subsutural band and three more on the base. The [[Lip (gastropod)|lip]] is simple and sharp. |
The shell is imperforate. It has rounded longitudinal ribs and about equal interspaces. it is yellowish brown, with a brown subsutural band and three more on the base. The [[Lip (gastropod)|lip]] is simple and sharp.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11027383#page/370/mode/1up G.W. Tryon (1884), Manual of conchology, structural and systematic : with illustrations of the species; Academy of Natural Sciences ser. 1, vol. 9] {{source-attribution}}</ref> |
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==Distribution== |
==Distribution== |
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This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off [[Algeria]], [[Tunisia]] and southern [[Corsica]] |
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off [[Algeria]], [[Tunisia]] and southern [[Corsica]] |
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Latest revision as of 19:43, 9 November 2025
Species of gastropod
Alvania algeriana is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
The length of the shell attains 3Â mm to 4.7Â mm.
The shell is imperforate. It has rounded longitudinal ribs and about equal interspaces. it is yellowish brown, with a brown subsutural band and three more on the base. The lip is simple and sharp.[2]
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Algeria, Tunisia and southern Corsica
- ^ Alvania algeriana (Monterosato, 1877). Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania algeriana (Monterosato, 1877). 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=141155 on 9 August 2010 .
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884), Manual of conchology, structural and systematic : with illustrations of the species; Academy of Natural Sciences ser. 1, vol. 9
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