Alvania elenae

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It has a solid and translucent shell with a moderately high spire, reaching up to 2.8 mm in height and 1.9 mm in width. The length of the shell attains 2.56 mm.^{[citation needed]} Its protoconch has approximately 1.5 convex whorls, whereas its teleoconch has 3.5 whorls.^[3]

The outer lip is orthocline, thickened, and ornamented internally with five to six denticles, while the inner lip is thick and appressed to the preceding whorl.^[3]

This marine species occurs on the Great Meteor Seamount and Hyères Seamount, Northeast Atlantic Ocean. Its found in deep-sea seamount habitats, which are often rich in micromollusc biodiversity. The species has been recorded at depths between approximately 305-407 meters.^[4]

• Gofas S. (2007). Rissoidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from northeast Atlantic seamounts. Journal of Natural History 41(13–16): 779–885

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