Alvania peli is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
| Alvania peli | |
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| Shell of Alvania peli (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 1.5 mm and 3 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde
References
edit- ^ 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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