Alvania fasciata
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- Dunkeria fasciata Tenison Woods, 1876 (original combination)
- Merelina eminens Laseron, 1950
- Rissoa hulliana Tate, 1899
- Rissoa hullii Tate, 1893 (unnecessary replacement name for Dunkeria fasciata Tenison Woods, 1876, by Tate treated as a secondary homonym of Rissoa fasciata Requien, 1848)
- Rissoa hulliana eucraspeda Hedley, C. 1911
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Alvania fasciata is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania fasciata (Tenison Woods, 1876). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578553 on 2024-01-23
Description
The length of the shell varies between 3.5 mm and 4 mm, its diameter is 2 mm.
(Original description) The minute shell is turretted, latticed all over. It is translucent and touched with pale yellow. It contains six convex whorls, bicarinate and beautifully cancellate, with a few elevated, shining, spiral and transverse lirae. The outer lip is simple. The columel!a is arcuate.[https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12289117 Tenison Woods, J. E. (1876). Descriptions of new Tasmanian shells. Papers and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 1875: 134–162] {{source-attribution}}
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.
References
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- Hedley, C. 1911. Report on the Mollusca obtained by the F.I.S. 'Endeavour' chiefly off Cape Wiles South Australia. Part 1. Zoological Results of the Fisheries Experiments carried out by F.I.S. "Endeavour" 1: 89-114
- Ponder, W.F. 1985. A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum suppl. 4: 1-221
External links
- [https://journals.australian.museum/laseron-1950-rec-aust-mus-223-257287/ Laseron, C. F. (1950). Review of the Rissoidae of New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum. 22 (3): 257-287]
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16121048 Tate, R. (1899). Contribution to a revision of the Recent Rissoidae of Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 23(2): 230-244]
- [https://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Rissoidae/Pages/Alvania_(Alvania)_fasciata.htm Seashells of New South Wales: Alvania (Alvania) fasciata]
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