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Alvania cathyae

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Alvania cathyae
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. cathyae
Binomial name
Alvania cathyae
Landau, Marquet & Grigis, 2004

Alvania cathyae 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 species were in the Early Pliocene strata near Estepona, Spain.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania cathyae Landau, Marquet & Grigis, 2004 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=957033 on 2024-02-10
  • Landau, B., R. Marquet & M. Grigis. (2004). The Early Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, southern Spain. Part 2: Orthogastropoda, Neotaenioglossa. Palaeontos. 4: 1–108.