Alvania africana

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Alvania africana
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Shell of Alvania africana (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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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]

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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.

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References

  1. 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 .