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Alvania josephineae

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

Distribution

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

Etymology

This species is named after Joséphine de Beauharnais, first wife of Napoleon. It was described concurrently with Alvania napoleoni, named after her husband.

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