Alvania caporalii

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

Alvania caporalii
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. caporalii
Binomial name
Alvania caporalii
Chirli, 2006

Distribution

Fossils of this species were in the Pliocene strata in Tuscany, Italy.

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania caporalii Chirli, 2006 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=874810 on 2024-02-10
  • Chirli, C. (2006). Malacofauna Pliocenica Toscana 5. Caenogastropoda 1. Firenze: privately published. 144 pp.



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