Alvania cranchiana is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania cranchiana Leach, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1699113 on 2024-02-11
Description The length of the shell attains 3.17 mm.
(Original description) The white shell is smooth. The suture is moderately deep. The five whorls are very smooth.Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp. (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray)
Distribution This species occurs at the Devonshire and Cornish coasts, Great Britain.
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