| Alvania africana | |
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| Shell of Alvania africana (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. africana |
| Binomial name | |
| Alvania africana Gofas, 1999 | |
Alvania africana is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 2.6 mm and 4 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verde, Mauritania and Angola.
References
- ↑ Alvania africana Gofas, 1999. WoRMS (2009). Alvania africana Gofas, 1999. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224640 on 9 August 2010 .
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