Alvania africana

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| image_caption = Shell of Alvania africana (holotype at MNHN, Paris)

| genus = Alvania

| species = africana

| authority = Gofas, 1999

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Alvania africana is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.{{WRMS species|224640|Alvania africana Gofas, 1999|||WoRMS (2009). Alvania africana Gofas, 1999. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224640 on 9 August 2010}}

Description

The length of the shell varies between 2.6 mm and 4 mm.

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verde, Mauritania and Angola.

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africana

Category:Gastropods described in 1999

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