Alvania testae is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.
Description The length of the shell varies between 2 mm and 4 mm.
The whitish shell is somewhat solid and transparent. It showsh distant thin plicae, vanishing towards the base, subcancellated by less elevated, distant, spiral lirae. The shell contains six whorls, somewhat convex, with a deep suture. The aperture is effuse below. The outer lip is acute, smooth within and externally varicose.G.W. Tryon (1884), Manual of conchology, structural and systematic : with illustrations of the species; Academy of Natural Sciences ser. 1, vol. 9
Distribution This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Norway to West Africa; in the Mediterranean Sea (Corsica, Italy, Greece).
Fossils have been found in Pleistocene strata near Ficarazzi, Sicily.
References
Aradas A. & Maggiore G. (1840-1844). Catalogo ragionato delle conchiglie viventi e fossili di Sicilia. Atti dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali
External links Jeffreys J.G. (1870). Mediterranean Mollusca. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 4, 6: 65-86 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 Thanasis Manousis, The Marine Mollusca of Greece: an up-to-date, systematic catalogue, documented with bibliographic and pictorial references Glibert, M. (1962). Les Mesogastropoda fossiles du Cénozoïque étranger des collections de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. Première partie. Cyclophoridae à Stiliferidae (inclus). Institut Royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgiques, Mémoires. Deuxième série. 69: 1-305