Alvania zosta

Extinct species of gastropod

Alvania zosta
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. 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  • Alvinia zosta (Bayan, 1873) superseded combination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
  • 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
Taxon identifiers
Alvania zosta
  • Wikidata: Q124473541
  • CoL: 8YL2T
  • GBIF: 11492057


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