Alvania houdasi
Species of gastropod
| Alvania houdasi | |
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| Shell of Alvania houdasi (holotype) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | †A. houdasi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Alvania houdasi (Cossmann, 1921) | |
| Synonyms | |
| † Rissoa houdasi Cossmann, 1907 | |
Alvania houdasi 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 2.5 mm, its diameter 1 mm.
Distribution
Fossils of this species were found in Eocene strata in Île-de-France, France.
References
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania houdasi (Cossmann, 1907) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1570762 on 2024-02-01
- Le Renard, J. & Pacaud, J. (1995). Révision des mollusques Paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. II. Liste des références primaires des espèces. Cossmanniana. 3: 65–132.
External links
- Cossmann, M. (1907). Appendice No. 4 au Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossils de l'Éocène des environs de Paris. Annales de la Société royale zoologique et malacologique de Belgique. 41: 182-286, pl. 5-10
- Glibert, M. (1962). Les Mesogastropoda fossiles du Cénozoïque étranger des collections de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. Première partie. Cyclophoridae à Stiliferidae (inclus). Institut Royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgiques, Mémoires. Deuxième série. 69: 1-305
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