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Alvania jeffreysi (E. Waller 1864)

Alvania jeffreysi

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Alvania jeffreysi is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Distribution

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.[2]

The maximum recorded shell length is 2.3 mm.[3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 264 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 264 m.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Alvania jeffreysi (Waller, 1864). Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania jeffreysi (Waller, 1864). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141200 on 9 August 2010 .
  2. ^ Waller, E. (1864). "On a new British species of Rissoa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 3. 14 (80): 136–138. doi:10.1080/00222936408681672. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  3. ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
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Alvania jeffreysi: Brief Summary

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

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