Alvania francescoi
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Alvania francescoi is an extinct species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania francescoi Garilli, 2008 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=874852 on 2024-02-13
Description
The length of the shell attains 4.8 mm, its diameter 3.1 mm.
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Distribution
Fossils were found in Pleistocene strata in Sicily, Italy.
References
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External links
- [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35185956 Garilli V. 2008. On some Neogene to Recent species related to Galeodina Monterosato, 1884, Galeodinopsis Sacco, 1895, and Massotia Bucquoy, Dautzenberg, and Dollfus, 1884 (Caenogastropoda: Rissoidae) with the description of two new Alvania species from the Mediterranean Pleistocene. The Nautilus, 122(1): 19–51]
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Category:Gastropods described in 2008
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