Alvania elenae
| Alvania elenae | |
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| Shell of Alvania elenae (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. elenae
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvania elenae Gofas, 2007[1]
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Alvania elenae is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Rissoidae.[2]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 2.56 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs on the Great Meteor Seamount and Hyères Seamount, Northeast Atlantic Ocean.
References
[edit]- ^ Gofas S. (2007). Rissoidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from northeast Atlantic seamounts. Journal of Natural History 41(13–16): 779–885. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 08/09/10.
- ^ Alvania elenae Gofas, 2007. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania elenae Gofas, 2007. 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=345734 on 9 August 2010 .
- Gofas S. (2007). Rissoidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from northeast Atlantic seamounts. Journal of Natural History 41(13–16): 779–885
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