| Provanna Temporal range:
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| Provanna hirokoae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Abyssochrysoidea |
| Family: | Provannidae |
| Genus: | Provanna Dall, 1918 |
| Type species | |
| Trichotropis (Provanna) lomana Dall, 1918 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Trichotropis (Provanna) Dall, 1918 (original rank) | |
Provanna is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Provannidae.[1]
The species was named after Dall's first wife.
This is a very old genus with species already existing in Cretaceous seep deposits off Japan (93 - 100 million years ago). The Caribbean and the Pacific fauna were isolated about 3 million years ago by the closure of the Central American Isthmus.
- ^ a b Provanna Dall, 1918. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 May 2010.