Alvania rykeli is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
| Alvania rykeli | |
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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. rykeli
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvania rykeli Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 3.9 mm and 5 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde.
References
edit- ^ Alvania rykeli Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998. WoRMS (2009). Alvania rykeli Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224665 on 9 August 2010 .
External links
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