Alvania subcalathus
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| Alvania subcalathus | |
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| Several views of a shell of Alvania subcalathus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. subcalathus |
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| Alvania subcalathus (Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1906) | |
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Alvania subcalathus is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
The shell of A. subcalathus measures between 2.5 mm and 4.3 mm in length. It exhibits the typical rissoid morphology: a small, turriform shell with spiral and axial sculpture visible under magnification, often displaying a glossy, pale-colored surface.[2]
