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

Alvania praetermissa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. praetermissa
Binomial name
Alvania praetermissa
Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2023

Distribution

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Fossils have been found in Upper Miocene strata in northwestern France.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania praetermissa Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2023 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1668701 on 2024-02-17
  • Landau, B. M., L. Ceulemans & F. Van Dingenen. (2023). The upper Miocene gastropods of northwestern France. Part 8: fine, addenda and corrigenda. Cainozoic Research. 23: 113–144.
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