Alvania hedleyi is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania hedleyi Thiele, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578554 on 2024-01-24
Description
The length of the shell attains 2.5 mm, its diameter 1.3 mm. Distribution This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Western Australia.
References
Thiele, J. (1930). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. 5 (8). Gastropoda und Bivalvia. Jena: Gustav Fischer. 561–596, pl. 4. Ponder, W.F. 1985. A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum suppl. 4: 1-221
External links Cotton, B. C. (1944). Recent Australian species of the family Rissoidae (Mollusca). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 68: 286-314; plate XVI