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

Alvania ampulla
Shell of Alvania ampulla (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. ampulla
Binomial name
Alvania ampulla
(Eichwald, 1853)
Synonyms

Rissoa ampulla Eichwald, 1853

Distribution

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Fossils of this marine species were found in Romania.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania ampulla (Eichwald, 1853) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=986938 on 2024-02-03
  • Tămaș, A. & D. M. Tămaș & M. V. Popa. (2013). Badenian small gastropods from Lăpugiu de Sus (Făget Basin, Romania). Rissoidae Family. Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae. 9: 57–66.
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