Alvania guancha is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
| Alvania guancha | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. guancha
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvania guancha Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1989
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 1.5 mm and 2 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands.
References
edit- ^ Alvania guancha Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1989. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania guancha Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1989. 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=141192 on 9 August 2010 .