Alvania lavaleyei

Alvania lavaleyei
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. lavaleyei
Binomial name
Alvania lavaleyei Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998[1]

Alvania lavaleyei is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.^[2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 1.4 mm and 4 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in theb Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde.

References

1. Hoenselaar & Goud (1998). Basteria 62 (1-2) : 69-115. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 08/09/10.
2. Alvania lavaleyei Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998. WoRMS (2010). Alvania lavaleyei Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=457574 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.