Alvania granosa is an extinct species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
| Alvania granosa | |
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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. granosa
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| Binomial name | |
| †Alvania granosa Tabanelli, Bongiardino & Perugia, 2011
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Distribution
editFossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata at the Livornesi Mountains, Italy.
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania granosa Tabanelli, Bongiardino & Perugia, 2011 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870590 on 2024-02-03
- Tabanelli, C., C. Bongiardino & I Perugia. (2011). Cingulopsidae e Rissoidae pliocenici provenienti dallo “spungone” (Pedeappennino romagnolo) e loro eventuale significato paleoambientale (Gastropoda Caenogastropoda Cingulopsidae, Rissoidae). Quaderno di Studi e Notizie di Storia Naturale della Romagna. 32: 27-76
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