Alvania littorinoides
Species of gastropod
Alvania littorinoides | |
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Shell of Alvania littorinoides (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
Family: | Rissoidae |
Genus: | Alvania |
Species: | †A. littorinoides |
Binomial name | |
†Alvania littorinoides Cossmann, 1921 |
Alvania littorinoides 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 2.25 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.
Distribution
Fossils of this species were found in Pliocene strata in Lower Normandy, France.
References
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania littorinoides Cossmann, 1921 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=881481 on 2024-02-01
External links
- Cossmann, M. (1921). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Douzième livraison. Paris: (the author). 349 pp., plates A-D, 1-6
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