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

Alvania milleti
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. milleti
Binomial name
Alvania milleti
Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018
Synonyms

Rissoa suturalis Millet, 186 (invalid: junior homonym of Rissoa suturalis Philippi, 1844; Alvania milleti is a replacement name)

Distribution

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Fossils of this marine species were found in upper Miocene strata in Maine-et-Loire, France.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania milleti Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1318646 on 2024-02-01
  • Millet de la Turtaudière, P. A. (1865). Indicateur de Maine-et-Loire ou Indicateur par communes de ce que chacune d'elle renferme sous le rapport de la géographie, des productions naturelles, des monuments historiques, de l'industrie et du commerce. Tome Second. Cosnier et Lachèse, Angers, 616 pp.
  • Landau B.M., Ceulemans L. & Van Dingenen F. (2018). The upper Miocene gastropods of northwestern France, 2. Caenogastropoda. Cainozoic Research. 18(2): 177–368.
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