Alvania falunica is an extinct species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
| Alvania falunica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | †A. falunica
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| Binomial name | |
| †Alvania falunica Peyrot, 1938
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Distribution
editFossils were found in Middle Miocene strata in Switzerland.
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania falunica Peyrot, 1938 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1288331 on 2024-02-11
- Peyrot, A. 1938. Les mollusques testacés univalves des dépots Helvétiens du Bassin Ligérien Catalogue critique, descriptif et illustré. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 89:1-361, 5 pls.
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