Alvania thalia

Alvania thalia
Shell of Alvania thalia (holotype)
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. thalia
Binomial name
†Alvania thalia
De Stefani & Pantanelli, 1888

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

Varieties
  • † Alvania thalia var. exbrevis Sacco, 1895
  • † Alvania thalia var. subacingulata Sacco, 1895

Description

The length of the shell attains 4.9 mm, its diameter 1.8 mm.

Distribution

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

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania thalia De Stefani & Pantanelli, 1888 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=874930 on 2024-02-01


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