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Alvania mamillata

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Alvania mamillata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. mamillata
Binomial name
Alvania mamillata
Risso, 1826
Synonyms
  • Alvania cingulata (Philippi, 1836)
  • Rissoa cimex var. depauperata Monterosato, 1877 (dubious syn.)
  • Rissoa cingulata Philippi, 1836

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 4.8 mm.

The imperforate shell is strong and opaque. It is covered by rounded granules in longitudinal and spiral series. It has a white or light fulvous to chestnut color, unicolored or bifasciate. The lip is thick, labiate and sulcate within, white-varicose externally.[2]

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea (Malta, Greece, Turkey)

References

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  1. ^ Alvania mamillata Risso, 1826. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania mamillata Risso, 1826. 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=141211 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 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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