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Alvania fossilis

Gastropoda - Rissoidae

Taxonomy
Alvania fossilis was named by Bartsch (1911). Its type specimen is USNM 213691, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Alvania fossilis Bartsch pp. 349-350 figs. pl. 31, fig. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyRissooideaGray 1847
familyRissoidaeGray 1847
genusAlvaniaRisso 1826
speciesfossilis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Alvania fossilis Bartsch 1911
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Diagnosis
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