Alvania occidua is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
| Alvania occidua | |
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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. occidua
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvania occidua (Cotton, 1944)
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 2.1 mm, its diameter 1 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia and Western Australia
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania occidua (Cotton, 1944). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594835 on 2024-01-03
- Ponder, W.F. 1985. A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum suppl. 4: 1-221
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