Alvania leopardiana is an extinct species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
Alvania leopardiana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
Family: | Rissoidae |
Genus: | Alvania |
Species: | †A. leopardiana
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Binomial name | |
†Alvania leopardiana Brunetti & Vecchi, 2012
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Distribution
editFossils of this marine species were found in Pleistocene strata in Emilia, Italy.
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania leopardiana Brunetti & Vecchi, 2012 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=868180 on 2024-02-14
- Brunetti, M. & G. Vecchi. (2012). Nuove specie del genere Alvania (Caenogastropoda: Rissoidae) nel Pleistocene dell'Emilia occidentale (Nord Italia). Bollettino Malacologico. 48: 42–50.