| Alvania hoeksemai | |
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| Shell of Alvania hoeksemai (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. hoeksemai |
| Binomial name | |
| Alvania hoeksemai Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998 | |
Alvania hoeksemai is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 1.8 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde.
References
- Alvania hoeksemai Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998. WoRMS (2009). Alvania hoeksemai Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224653 on 9 August 2010 .
- Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp.
External links
- Hoenselaar H.J. & Goud J. (1998). The Rissoidae of the CANCAP expeditions, I: the genus Alvania Risso, 1826 (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Basteria. 62(1-2): 69-115
- Malacopics Photogallery: image
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| Alvania hoeksemai | |
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