Alvania auberiana
| Alvania auberiana | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. auberiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Alvania auberiana (d’Orbigny, 1842) | |
Alvania auberiana is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 2.1 mm.[2]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 101 m.[2]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.