Alvania littorinoides

Alvania littorinoides
Shell of Alvania littorinoides (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this 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

  1. ^ 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


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