Alvania verrilli

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the lower Estuary of St. Lawrence

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 2.9 mm.

(Original description) The white, solid shell is ovo-elongate. It contains 5 convex whorls. The protoconch is obtuse and smooth. The suture is deep. The aperture is sub-circular. The sculpture consists of, about 20 strongly prominent axial ribs, and a microscopically minute and close spiral striation. There is no umbilicus but only a minute umbilical split. The outer lip is thickened.

The peculiar fine spiral sculpture causes this species to be readily distinguishable.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 180 m. Maximum recorded depth is 190 m.

References

• Clarke, A. H. (1963). Arctic archibenthal and abyssal molluscs. II. Molluscs dredged from drifting station Charlie (Alpha II). National Museum of Canada Bulletin. 185: 90-109
• Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.

External links

• 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.