Alvania guancha

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Alvania guancha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 1.5 mm and 2 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands.

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 .