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Alvania algeriana
Shell of Alvania algeriana (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
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

Alvania algeriana 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 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.

Distribution

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

References

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.

External links

• Monterosato, T. A. di. (1877). Note sur quelques coquilles provenant des côtes d'Algérie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 25(1): 24-49, pls 2, 3
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213

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