Alvania cancapae
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| Alvania cancapae | |
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| Shell of Alvania cancapae (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. cancapae |
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| Alvania cancapae | |
Alvania cancapae is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
The shell boasts rigid edges and a turbinate shape, with notably unique colouring. The length of the shell attains 3 mm.