Alvania franseni

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Alvania franseni
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. franseni
Binomial name
Alvania franseni
Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998

Alvania franseni 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 1.7 mm and 2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Cape Verde.

References

  1. Alvania franseni Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998 . WoRMS (2009). Alvania franseni Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224648 on 9 August 2010 .

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