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

Alvania eucraspeda
Shell of Alvania eucraspeda (holotype)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. eucraspeda
Binomial name
Alvania eucraspeda
(Hedley, 1911)
Synonyms

Rissoa hulliana var. eucraspeda Hedley, 1911 (superseded combination)

The Australian Faunal Directory considers Rissoa hulliana var. eucraspeda a synonym of Alvania (Alvania) fasciata (Tenison-Woods, 1876) [2]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 2 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.

(Original description) This deep-sea variety differs from the typical shore form by being pure white, slightly larger and comparatively broader, and by having fewer and more prominent radials. Thus it acquires a lip broader and more scalloped, approaching a varix.[3]

Distribution

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The holotype of this species was found off Cape Wiles, South Australia.

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