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Alvania hedleyi

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Species of sea snail

Alvania hedleyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species: A. hedleyi
Binomial name
Alvania hedleyi
Thiele, 1930
Synonyms
  • Alvania (Alvania) hedleyi Thiele, 1930
  • Merelina cyrta Cotton, 1944

Alvania hedleyi is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 2.5 mm, its diameter 1.3 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (January 2024)

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Western Australia.

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania hedleyi Thiele, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578554 on 2024-01-24
  • Thiele, J. (1930). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. 5 (8). Gastropoda und Bivalvia. Jena: Gustav Fischer. 561–596, pl. 4.
  • Ponder, W.F. 1985. A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum suppl. 4: 1-221

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Taxon identifiers
Alvania hedleyi


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