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

Alvania ligeriana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. ligeriana
Binomial name
Alvania ligeriana
Peyrot, 1938

Distribution

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Fossils were found in Middle Miocene strata in Switzerland.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania ligeriana Peyrot, 1938 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1288329 on 2024-02-11
  • Peyrot, A. 1938. Les mollusques testacés univalves des dépots Helvétiens du Bassin Ligérien Catalogue critique, descriptif et illustré. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 89:1-361, 5 pls.
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