Alvania hispidula
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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- Acinus hispidulus Monterosato, 1884
- Rissoa cancellata R. A. Philippi, 1844 junior homonym
- Rissoa clathrata R. A. Philippi, 1844 junior homonym (junior homonym of Rissia clathrata Gray, 1826, and R. clathratra Grateloup, 1828)
- Turbona elegantula F. Nordsieck, 1972 (dubious synonym)
- Turbona hispidula (Monterosato, 1884)
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Alvania hispidula is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.{{WRMS species|141195|Alvania hispidula (Monterosato, 1884)|||Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania hispidula (Monterosato, 1884). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at
Description
The length of the shell varies between 2.5 mm and 5 mm.
The rather solid, brownish shell is regularly clathrate by longitudinal narrow riblets and numerous spiral lirae. The outer lip is plicate within and externally dentately varicose. The shell contains six moderately convex whorls. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11027383#page/370/mode/1up G.W. Tryon (1884), Manual of conchology, structural and systematic : with illustrations of the species; Academy of Natural Sciences ser. 1, vol. 9] {{source-attribution}}
Distribution
References
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- Nordsieck, F. (1972). Die europäischen Meeresschnecken (Opisthobranchia mit Pyramidellidae; Rissoacea). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden, Mittelmeer und Schwarzes Meer. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart. XIII + 327 pp.
- (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0.
External links
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711 Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp]
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46936062 Philippi, R. A. (1844). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2.. Halle]
- [http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213]
- [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Thanasis-Manousis/publication/355370005_The_Marine_Mollusca_of_Greece_an_up-to-date_systematic_catalogue_documented_with_bibliographic_and_pictorial_references/links/616d52c6b90c5126626111b2/The-Marine-Mollusca-of-Greece-an-up-to-date-systematic-catalogue-documented-with-bibliographic-and-pictorial-references.pdf Thanasis Manousis, The Marine Mollusca of Greece: an up-to-date, systematic catalogue, documented with bibliographic and pictorial references]
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