Alvania aspera | |
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Shell of Alvania aspera (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam) | |
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. aspera
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Binomial name | |
Alvania aspera (
Philippi, 1844)
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Synonyms | |
Rissoa aspera R. A. Philippi, 1844 superseded combination |
Alvania aspera is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae. [1]
The length of the shell varies between 1.5 mm and 3.7 mm.
The shell resembles Alvania lineata, but the decussations are deeper, giving the nodules a rough appearance. [2]
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This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Tunisia and Greece.