Alvania subareolata


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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 1.8 mm and 3 mm.
The shell is imperforate, translucent and brownish. It is subclathrate by longitudinal riblets crossed by spiral lirae. The shell contains five convex whorls with a deep suture. The columella is arcuate. The basal area is cingulate. The outer lip is thickened externally.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Sicily, Greece and in the Strait of Gibraltar