Alvania peli | |
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Shell of Alvania peli (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Rissoidae |
Genus: | Alvania |
Species: | A. peli
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Binomial name | |
Alvania peli Moolenbeek & Rolán, 1988
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Alvania peli 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 3 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde
References
- ^ 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