Alvania_auberiana

<i>Alvania auberiana</i>

Alvania auberiana

Species of gastropod

Alvania auberiana, common name the West Indian alvania, is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off North Carolina, USA, Bermuda, Curaçao and Colombia to Eastern Brazil.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 2.1 mm.[2]

The imperforate shell is thin. It is white, with brownish maculations. It shows numerous, thin, longitudinal and spiral ribs. The shell contains six convex whorls with a sloping shoulder defined by an angle. The outer lip is thickened. [3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 101 m.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Alvania auberiana (d'Orbigny, 1842). WoRMS (2010). Alvania auberiana (d'Orbigny, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419615 on 9 August 2010 .
  2. [2]
    Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
  3. [3]
    G.W. Tryon (884), Manual of conchology, structural and systematic : with illustrations of the species; Academy of Natural Sciences ser. 1, vol. 9
  • Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp
  • Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station.
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