Alvania eurydictium
Appearance
Alvania eurydictium | |
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Shell of Alvania eurydictium (holotype) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
Family: | Rissoidae |
Genus: | Alvania |
Species: | †A. eurydictium
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Binomial name | |
†Alvania eurydictium (Cossmann, 1888)
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Synonyms | |
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Alvania eurydictium is an extinct species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 2.2 mm (0.087 in), its diameter 1.2 mm (0.047 in).[citation needed]
Distribution
[edit]Fossils of this marine species were found in Eocene strata in the Paris Basin, France.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania eurydictium (Cossmann, 1888) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1570764 on 2024-02-13
External links
[edit]- Cossmann, M. (1888). Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris. Annales de la Société royale malacologique de Belgique. 23: [1-328; plates I-XII]