Alvania thalia
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| Shell of Alvania thalia (holotype) | |
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. thalia
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| Binomial name | |
| †Alvania thalia De Stefani & Pantanelli, 1888
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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[edit]
The length of the shell attains 4.9 mm, its diameter 1.8 mm.
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Distribution[edit]
Fossils of this marine species were found in Pliocene strata off Siena, Italy.
References[edit]
- ^ 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
External links[edit]
- De Stefani, C. (1888). Iconografia dei nuovi molluschi pliocenici d'intorno Siena. Bullettino della Società malacologica italiana. 13: 181-23
- Glibert, M. (1962). Les Mesogastropoda fossiles du Cénozoïque étranger des collections de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. Première partie. Cyclophoridae à Stiliferidae (inclus). Institut Royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgiques, Mémoires. Deuxième série. 69: 1-305
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