Alvania agathae
Extinct species of gastropod
| Alvania agathae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | †A. agathae |
| Binomial name | |
| †Alvania agathae Reitano, Cresti & Di Franco, 2020 | |
Alvania agathae is an extinct species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
Distribution
Fossils of this marine species were found in Pliocene strata in Italy
References
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania agathae Reitano, Cresti & Di Franco, 2020 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1697778 on 2024-02-01
- Reitano, A., M. Cresti & D. Di Franco. (2020). A new species of the Alvania pagodula group (Monterosato, 1890) from the Pliocene of Italy: A. agathae n. sp. (Gastropoda Rissoidae). Biodiversity Journal. 11(4): 993–999.
External links
- Marinespecies.org: image
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