Alvania guancha

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Alvania guancha
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. guancha
Binomial name
Alvania guancha
Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1989

Alvania guancha is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae. [1] It is named after the Guanche people. [2]

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 1.5 mm and 2 mm, averaging at 1.95 mm. Its width generally averages around 1 mm. The protoconch of the shell has a glass-like coloration, while the teleoconch is light brown, with white parts. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands, specifically near Tenerife. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Alvania guancha Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1989 . Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania guancha Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1989. 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=141192 on 9 August 2010 .
  2. 1 2 3 Moolenbeek, R.G.; Hoenselaar, H.J. (1989). "The genus Alvania on the Canary Islands and Madeira" (PDF). Bulletin Zoölogisch Museum - Universiteit van Amsterdam. 11 (27): 217–218. Retrieved 24 May 2025.


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