Alvania lineata is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.
Description The length of the shell attains 5 mm.
The shell has strong ribs, becoming obsolete on the base, and numerous spiral lirae, yellowish or fulvous, the lirae forming lines of deeper color. The shell contains six convex whorls with a deep suture. The outer lip is thickened externally, plicate within.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 Mediterranean Sea off the Balearic Islands, Corsica, Greece and Turkey.
Fossils have been found in Pleistocene strata near Messina, Sicily and near Monastir, Tunisia.
References
Oberling, J.-J. (1970). Quelques espèces nouvelles de Gastropodes du bassin Méditerranéen. Naturhistorisches Museum Bern. Kleine Mitteilungen. 1: 1-7.
External links 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