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

Alvania peli
Shell of Alvania peli (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. peli
Binomial name
Alvania peli
Moolenbeek & Rolán, 1988

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 1.5 mm and 3 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde

References

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  1. ^ Alvania peli Moolenbeek & Rolán, 1988. WoRMS (2009). Alvania peli Moolenbeek & Rolán, 1988. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224661 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

External life

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