Alvania robusta
Species of gastropod
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Alvania robusta is an extinct species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
| Alvania robusta | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | †A. robusta |
| Binomial name | |
| †Alvania robusta Calas, 1949 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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† Alvania venus var. robusta Calas, 1949 (raised to full species) | |
Distribution
Fossils have been found in Upper Miocene strata in northwestern France.
