Alvania schwartziana
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| Alvania schwartziana | |
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| Shell of Alvania schwartziana (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. schwartziana |
| Binomial name | |
| Alvania schwartziana | |
Alvania schwartziana is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[2]
The specific name schwartziana is in honor of Gustav Franziskus Maria Schwartz von Mohrenstern.[1]
The length of the shell attains 3.8 mm.