Alvania sculptilis
Alvania sculptilis is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.
Taxonomy
There is also the Australian marine species Alvania sculptilis, a junior secondary homonym of Alvania sculptilis. However, the genus Alvania as currently used has a very broad taxonomic extension, and these two species may very well end up in different genera when a robust phylogeny becomes available. For the time being, it is thus advisable to keep using the invalid name Alvania sculptilis for the Australian species.Description
The length of the shell attains 2 mm.The shell is a little shouldered. It is smooth, yellowish, with dark colored punctate dots in spiral series, about six series on the body whorl. The lip is a little thickened.