Alvania zosta

Alvania zosta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	†A. zosta
Binomial name
†Alvania zosta (Bayan, 1873)
Synonyms
† Alvania (Alvinia) zosta (Bayan, 1873) † Alvinia zosta (Bayan, 1873) superseded combination † Rissoa zosta Bayan, 1873

Alvania zosta is an extinct species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Distribution

Fossils of this species were in Eocene strata in Paris Basin, France

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania zosta (Bayan, 1873) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1570763 on 2024-02-09

External links

• Bayan F. (1873). Études faites dans la collection de l'École des Mines sur des fossiles nouveaux ou mal connus. 2e Fascicule. Notes sur quelques fossiles tertiaires. Paris: Savy, pp. 82–164, pl. 11-20.
• 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