Alvania pagodula is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.
Description
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The length of the shell varies between 1.7 mm and 4 mm.
- Elevated, turreted spire composed of six convex whorls
- Smooth embryonic whorls followed by whorls with characteristic sculpture
- Composed of raised longitudinal ribs (nodulous intersection points)
- Last whorl: longitudinal ribs stop abruptly at the rounded base of the aperture
- Lower part of this whorl has three strong decurrent cords
- Rounded aperture
- Light brown uniform coloration
- Horny, thin, pauci-spiral operculum
Distribution
This species occurs in the Western Mediterranean Sea.
References
External links
- Bucquoy, E., Dautzenberg, P. & Dollfus, G. (1882-1886). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome Ier. Gastropodes. Paris: Baillière & fils. 570 pp., 66 pls
- Jeffreys, J. G. (1856). On the marine Testacea of the Piedmontese coast. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 2, 17: 155-18
- 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
- Thanasis Manousis, The Marine Mollusca of Greece: an up-to-date, systematic catalogue, documented with bibliographic and pictorial references