Alvania elenae

Alvania elenae
Shell of Alvania elenae (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. elenae
Binomial name
Alvania elenae Gofas, 2007 [1]

Alvania elenae is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Rissoidae. ^[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 2.56 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs on the Great Meteor Seamount and Hyères Seamount, Northeast Atlantic Ocean.

References

1. Gofas S. (2007). Rissoidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from northeast Atlantic seamounts. Journal of Natural History 41(13–16): 779–885. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 08/09/10.
2. Alvania elenae Gofas, 2007 . Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania elenae Gofas, 2007. 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=345734 on 9 August 2010 .

• Gofas S. (2007). Rissoidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from northeast Atlantic seamounts. Journal of Natural History 41(13–16): 779–885