| Alvania nicolauensis | |
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| Shell of Alvania nicolauensis (specimen at 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. nicolauensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvania nicolauensis Moolenbeek & Rolán, 1988
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Alvania nicolauensis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
The species is endemic to the Cape Verde Archipelago. The species name refers to the island of São Nicolau, but it has been found near the coasts of other Cape Verde islands as well.[2]
- ^ Alvania nicolauensis Moolenbeek & Rolán, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 December 2018.
- ^ Moolenbeek R.G. & Rolán E. (1988). "New species of Rissoidae from the Cape Verde Islands (Mollusca: Gastropoda) part 1". Bulletin Zoölogisch Museum. 11 (14): 121–126.