| Alvania africana | |
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| Shell of Alvania africana (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| 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 small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae. [1]
The length of the shell varies between 2.6 mm and 4 mm.
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This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verde, Mauritania and Angola.