Alvania elegantissima

Alvania elegantissima is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 1.6 mm.

(Described as Rissoa abyssicola var. obtusa <small>Jeffreys, 1870</small>) Shell regularly oval, with a shorter spire and a less oblique outline, compared to Alvania testae <small>(Aradas & Maggiore, 1844)</small>

The whorls and the protoconch are convex without sculpture.

Distribution

This species lives in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Tyrrhenian Sea at depths between 300 m and 400 m.

References

• Gaglini A. (1991). Seconde spigolature... Monterosatiane. Notiziario del C.I.S.MA. 13: 1-22

External links

• Monterosato, T. A. di. (1875). Nuova rivista delle Conchiglie Mediterranee. Atti dell'Accademia di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti di Palermo, New Series. 5(1): 1-50
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213