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

Alvania calliope
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. calliope
Binomial name
Alvania calliope
Chirli & U. Linse, 2011

Distribution

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Fossils of this species were in the Pleistocene strata in the island Rhodes, Greece.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania calliope Chirli & U. Linse, 2011 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1537074 on 2024-02-10
  • Chirli, C. & U. Linse. (2011). The Pleistocene Marine Gastropods of Rhodes Island (Greece). Tavarnelle, The authors. 447 pp.; 90 plates.