Alvania corneti is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

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

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 1.8 mm and 2 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verde.

References

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  1. ^ Alvania corneti Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998. WoRMS (2009). Alvania corneti Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224643 on 9 August 2010 .
  • Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp
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