Alvania coseli
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| Alvania coseli | |
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| Shell of Alvania coseli (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. coseli |
| Binomial name | |
| Alvania coseli (Gofas, 1999) | |
Alvania coseli is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
Alvania coseli is named after Rudo von Cosel, because of his contributions to malacology in West Africa.[1]
Description
The average length of the shell is 2.75 millimetres (0.108 in), and its shape is minute and conical.