Alvania argentea is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
| Alvania argentea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. argentea
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvania argentea (Monterosato, 1877)
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 3 mm to 4.7 mm.
(Original description) The acuminate-ovate shell is imperforate. The shell contains six convex whorls. It is a beautiful little shining silvery shell, not regularly latticed like Alvania fenestrata, but with the spiral ridges much more prominent than the longitudinal plaits, which are numerous and visible only on the upper half of the whorls. The body whorl is slightly inflated. The aperture is ovate. The columella is arcuate. [2]
Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
References edit
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania argentea (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594837 on 2024-01-16
- ^ Sowerby, G. B. III. (1892). Marine shells of South Africa. A catalogue of all the known species with references to figures in various works, descriptions of new species, and figures of such as are new, little known, or hitherto unfigured, London: G. B. Sowerby. 89 pp., 5 pls
External links edit
- Bartsch, P. (1915). Report on the Turton Collection of South African marine mollusks, with additional notes on other South African shells contained in the United States National Museum. Bulletin. United States National Museum. 91: xii + 305 pp., 54 plates
- Barnard, K. H. (1963). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part III. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Taenioglossa. i>Annals of the South African Museum 47(1): 1-199