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Alvania belgica

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Alvania belgica
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. belgica
Binomial name
Alvania belgica
Glibert, 1952

Alvania belgica 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 found in Miocene strata in Belgium (age range: 15.97 to 11.608 Ma)

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania belgica Glibert, 1952 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=867388 on 2024-02-04
  • Glibert, M. (1952). Faune malacologique du Miocène de la Belgique. II Gastropodes. Mémoire Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique 121. 1–197; plates I-X.
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