Alvania beyrichii
Species of gastropod
Alvania beyrichii | |
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Shell of Alvania beyrichii (holotype) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
Family: | Rissoidae |
Genus: | Alvania |
Species: | †A. beyrichii |
Binomial name | |
†Alvania beyrichii (Bosquet, 1859) | |
Synonyms | |
† Rissoa beyrichii Bosquet, 1859 (basionym; does not belong to Rissoa) |
Alvania beyrichii 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 1.6 mm, its diameter 1.2 mm.
Distribution
Fossils of this species were found in Lower Oligocene strata in Belgium.
References
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania beyrichii (Bosquet, 1859) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1376484 on 2024-02-08
- Glibert, M. and J. de Heinzelin de Braucourt. (1954). L'Oligocène Inférieur Belge. Volume Jubilaire Victor van Straelen. 281–438; plates I-VII. 97; plates I-X.
External links
- Bosquet, J. (1859). Recherches paléontologiques sur le terrain tertiaire du Limbourg Néerlandais. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. 7: 1-30.
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