Alvania carinata — The Life Data

Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Littorinimorpha/Rissoidae/Alvania

At a glance

Occurrence records427

Data sources6

Biological traits2

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Alvania carinata's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility245 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System182 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources2 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS427 records

01Narrative

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

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonedemersal

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type427 records

Wild obs. + sensor290

Museum / vouchered135

Other2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO908 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit160

200–1000 m twilight2

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 67 m · max 564 m · 162 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy94% within 1 km

≤100 m 103≤1 km 4≤10 km 7

114 georeferenced · 176 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor290

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy45% within 1 km

≤100 m 8≤1 km 26≤10 km 30>10 km 12

76 georeferenced · 59 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence135

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions9 of 14 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record	41
Cambridge, US	32
Paris, FR	14
New Haven, US	9
DASSHlocation not on record	6
PNHSlocation not on record	6
Barcelona, ES	4
Brussels, BE	3
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	2
Champaign, US	2
Salzburg, AT	1
Stockholm, SE	1
Frankfurt am Main	1
CEFASlocation not on record	1

14 institutions · 123 of 135 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code