Alvania alboranensis
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| Alvania alboranensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. alboranensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Alvania alboranensis Peñas & Rolán, 2006 | |
Alvania alboranensis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Rissoidae.[1]
The length of the shell attains 3.7 mm. Shell turriculate, spire steeply conical, profile maybe slightly concave, approximately five sharply keeled whorls and aperture oval to polygonal. [2]