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Alvania gascoignei

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Alvania gascoignei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. gascoignei
Binomial name
Alvania gascoignei
Rolán, 2001[1]

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

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa

References

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  1. ^ Rolán E. (2001). A new species of Alvania (Mollusca, Rissoidae) from Annobón (Gulf of Guinea, West Africa). Iberus 19(1): 49-52.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 08/09/10.
  2. ^ Alvania gascoignei Rolán, 2001. WoRMS (2010). Alvania gascoignei Rolan, 2001. 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=458279 on 9 August 2010 .