Alvania diadema

Alvania diadema
Shell of Alvania diadema (specimen at the MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
†A. diadema
Binomial name
†Alvania diadema
De Stefani & Pantanelli, 1888

Alvania diadema 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 off Siena, Italy and the Alpes-Maritimes, France.

References

  1. ^ 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


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