Alvania peli
Shell of Alvania peli (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. peli
Binomial name
Alvania peli Moolenbeek & Rolan, 1988

Alvania peli is a species of minute sea snail , a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae . ^[1]

Description [ edit ]

The length of the shell varies between 1.5 mm and 3 mm.

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Distribution [ edit ]

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde

References [ edit ]

• Rolan E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp

External life [ edit ]

• Moolenbeek R.G. & Rolan E. (1988). New species of Rissoidae from the Cape Verde Islands (Mollusca: Gastropoda) part 1. Bulletin Zoologisch Museum. 11(14): 121-126