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

Alvania agathae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. agathae
Binomial name
Alvania agathae
Reitano, Cresti & Di Franco, 2020

Distribution

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Fossils of this marine species were found in Pliocene strata in Italy

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania agathae Reitano, Cresti & Di Franco, 2020 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1697778 on 2024-02-01
  • Reitano, A., M. Cresti & D. Di Franco. (2020). A new species of the Alvania pagodula group (Monterosato, 1890) from the Pliocene of Italy: A. agathae n. sp. (Gastropoda Rissoidae). Biodiversity Journal. 11(4): 993–999.
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