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

Alvania marchadi
Shell of Alvania marchadi (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. marchadi
Binomial name
Alvania marchadi
(Gofas, 1999)

Description

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The length of the shell attains 2.2 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Dakar, Senegal at depths between 80 m and 250 m.

References

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  1. ^ Alvania marchadi (Gofas, 1999). Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania marchadi (Gofas, 1999). 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=141212 on 9 August 2010 .
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