Alvania diadema

Alvania diadema
Shell of Alvania diadema (specimen at the MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	†A. diadema
Binomial name
†Alvania diadema De Stefani & Pantanelli, 1888

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

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Pliocene strata off Siena, Italy and the Alpes-Maritimes, France.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania diadema De Stefani & Pantanelli, 1888 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=874931 on 2024-02-01

• Landau, B., R. Marquet & M. Grigis. (2004). The Early Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, southern Spain. Part 2: Orthogastropoda, Neotaenioglossa. Palaeontos. 4: 1–108.
• Chirli (C.) & Richard (C.), 2008 - Les Mollusques plaisanciens de la Côte d’Azur, p. 1-128, 5 figures

External links

• De Stefani, C. (1888). Iconografia dei nuovi molluschi pliocenici d'intorno Siena. Bullettino della Società malacologica italiana. 13: 181-23