Alvania euphrosine

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

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

Distribution

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

References

  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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