Alvania euphrosine

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Alvania euphrosine
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. euphrosine
Binomial name
Alvania euphrosine
De Stefani & Pantanelli, 1888

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

Description[edit]

The length of the shell attains 3.4 mm, its diameter 2 mm.

Distribution[edit]

Fossils of this marine species were found in Pliocene strata off Siena, Italy.

References[edit]

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania euphrosine De Stefani & Pantanelli, 1888 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=874929 on 2024-02-01

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