| Alvania glabra | |
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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. glabra |
| Binomial name | |
| Alvania glabra Leach, 1852 | |
Alvania glabra is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 3.17 mm.
(Original description) The white shell is smooth. It contains four whorls. They show on the right side a sculptured line.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Plymouth Sound, Great Britain.
References
- MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania glabra Leach, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1699160 on 2024-01-24
- Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp. (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray)
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Alvania glabra | |
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