Alvania frigida
Extinct species of gastropods
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Alvania frigida is an extinct species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
| Alvania frigida | |
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| Shell of Alvania frigida (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | †A. frigida |
| Binomial name | |
| †Alvania frigida (Cossmann, 1921) | |
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Distribution
Fossils were found in Pleistocene strata in Sicily, Italy.
