Alvania rotulata is an extinct species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
| Alvania rotulata | |
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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. rotulata
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| Binomial name | |
| †Alvania rotulata Pantanelli, 1888
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 3.3 mm, its diameter 2.2 mm.
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Distribution
editFossils have been found in Miocene strata near Sassuolo, Italy.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania rotulata Pantanelli, 1888 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=874933 on 2024-02-18
External links
edit- Pantanelli, D. (1888). Descrizione di conchigli miocenichi nuove o poco note. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana. 13: 26-32, 150-158
- errero Mortara E., Montefameglio L., Novelli M., Opesso G., Pavia G. & Tampieri R. (1984). Catalogo dei tipi e degli esemplari figurati della collezione Bellardi e Sacco. Parte II. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino. Cataloghi 7: 1-484.
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