Alvania francescoi

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Alvania francescoi
File:Alvania francescoi 001.jpg
Shell of Alvania francescoi (holotype in the MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. francescoi
Binomial name
Alvania francescoi
Garilli, 2008

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 4.8 mm, its diameter 3.1 mm.

Distribution

Fossils were found in Pleistocene strata in Sicily, Italy.

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania francescoi Garilli, 2008 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=874852 on 2024-02-13

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