Alvania africana
| Alvania africana | |
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| Shell of Alvania africana (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. africana
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvania africana Gofas, 1999
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Alvania africana is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
Description[edit]
The length of the shell varies between 2.6 mm and 4 mm.
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Distribution[edit]
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verde, Mauritania and Angola.
References[edit]
- ^ Alvania africana Gofas, 1999. WoRMS (2009). Alvania africana Gofas, 1999. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224640 on 9 August 2010 .