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Alvania leopardiana

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Alvania leopardiana
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. leopardiana
Binomial name
Alvania leopardiana
Brunetti & Vecchi, 2012

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

Distribution

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Fossils of this marine species were found in Pleistocene strata in Emilia, Italy.

References

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  1. ^ 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.