Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Rissoidae Scientific name Alvania jeffreysi | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Rissooidea Genus Alvania Rank Species | |
Similar Alvania lactea, Alvania cancellata, Cingula, Manzonia, Rissoidae | ||
Alvania jeffreysi is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.
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Description
The species was described from a specimen found in sand dredged north of Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland from a depth of 85 fathoms (155 m). It was named in honour of conchologist and malacologist John Gwyn Jeffreys.
The maximum recorded shell length is 2.3 mm.
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 264 m. Maximum recorded depth is 264 m.
References
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