Alvania diadema
| Alvania diadema | |
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| Shell of Alvania diadema (specimen at the MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | †A. diadema
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| Binomial name | |
| †Alvania diadema De Stefani & Pantanelli, 1888
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Alvania diadema is an extinct species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
Distribution[edit]
Fossils of this marine species were found in Pliocene strata off Siena, Italy and in the Alpes-Maritimes, France.
References[edit]
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania diadema De Stefani & Pantanelli, 1888 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=874931 on 2024-02-01
- Landau, B., R. Marquet & M. Grigis. (2004). The Early Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, southern Spain. Part 2: Orthogastropoda, Neotaenioglossa. Palaeontos. 4: 1–108.
- Chirli (C.) & Richard (C.), 2008 - Les Mollusques plaisanciens de la Côte d’Azur, p. 1-128, 5 figures
External links[edit]
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