Alvania coseli

Alvania coseli
Shell of Alvania coseli (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. coseli
Binomial name
Alvania coseli (Gofas, 1999)

Alvania coseli is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae. ^[1]

Description

The average length of the shell is 2.75 mm, and its shape is minute and conical.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Dakar, Senegal (80–250 m).

References

1. Alvania coseli (Gofas, 1999) . Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania coseli (Gofas, 1999). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141175 on 9 August 2010 .

External links

• Gofas S. (1999). The West African Rissoidae (Gastropoda: Rissooidea) and their similarities to some European species. The Nautilus 113(3): 78-101
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213