''Frigidoalvania'' is a
genus
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of minute
sea snails,
marine gastropod mollusk
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s or
micromollusks in the
family
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Rissoidae
Rissoidae is a large family of very small and minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Rissooidea and the order Littorinimorpha
Littorinimorpha is a large order of snails, gastropods, consisting pr ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Frigidoalvania'' include:
* ''
Frigidoalvania brychia'' (A. E. Verrill, 1884)
* ''
Frigidoalvania cruenta'' (Odhner, 1915)
* ''
Frigidoalvania flavida'' Golikov & Sirenko, 1998
* ''
Frigidoalvania janmayeni'' (Friele, 1878)
* ''
Frigidoalvania pelagica'' (Stimpson, 1851)
* ''
Frigidoalvania thalassae'' Bouchet & Warén, 1993
References
Rissoidae
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