Alvania josephineae is an extinct species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania josephineae Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1318123 on 2024-02-01
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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