Alvania amatii
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| Alvania amatii | |
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| Shell of Alvania amatii (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. amatii |
| Binomial name | |
| Alvania amatii Oliverio, 1986 | |
Alvania amatii is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
The length of the shell varies between 1.5 mm and 3 mm.
The shell has characterized by a paucispiral protoconch with five spiral threads.