Alvania cancapae is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Alvania cancapae
Shell of Alvania cancapae (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. cancapae
Binomial name
Alvania cancapae
Bouchet & Warén, 1993

Description edit

The length of the shell attains 3 mm.

Distribution edit

This marine species occurs off Madeira The Canary Islands and southern Morocco.

References edit

  1. ^ Alvania cancapae Bouchet & Warén, 1993. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania cancapae Bouchet & Warén, 1993. 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=141164 on 9 August 2010 .

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