Alvania eurydictium
Extinct species of gastropod
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | †A. eurydictium |
| Binomial name | |
| †Alvania eurydictium (Cossmann, 1888) | |
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Alvania eurydictium is an extinct species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 2.2 mm, its diameter 1.2 mm.
Distribution
Fossils of this marine species were found in Eocene strata in the Paris Basin, France.
References
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania eurydictium (Cossmann, 1888) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1570764 on 2024-02-13
External links
- Cossmann, M. (1888). Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris. Annales de la Société royale malacologique de Belgique. 23: [1-328; plates I-XII]
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