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

Alvania algeriana
Shell of Alvania algeriana (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. algeriana
Binomial name
Alvania algeriana
(Monterosato, 1877)
Synonyms

Rissoa algeriana Monterosato, 1877

Description

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The length of the shell attains 3 mm to 4.7 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]

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Algeria, Tunisia and southern Corsica

References

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  1. ^ 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 .
  2. ^ G.W. Tryon (1884), Manual of conchology, structural and systematic : with illustrations of the species; Academy of Natural Sciences ser. 1, vol. 9   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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