Alvania lineata
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| Alvania lineata | |
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| A shell of Alvania lineata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. lineata |
| Binomial name | |
| Alvania lineata | |
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Alvania lineata is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[2]
The length of the shell attains 5 mm.
The shell has strong ribs, becoming obsolete on the base, and numerous spiral lirae, yellowish or fulvous, the lirae forming lines of deeper color. The shell contains six convex whorls with a deep suture. The outer lip is thickened externally, plicate within.[3]
