Alvania cranchiana is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Alvania cranchiana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. cranchiana
Binomial name
Alvania cranchiana
Leach, 1852

Description

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The length of the shell attains 3.17 mm.

(Original description) The white shell is smooth. The suture is moderately deep. The five whorls are very smooth. [2]

Distribution

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This species occurs at the Devonshire and Cornish coasts, Great Britain.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania cranchiana Leach, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1699113 on 2024-02-11
  2. ^ Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp. (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray)  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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