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Alvania oceani

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Alvania oceani
Shell of Alvania oceani (specimen 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. oceani
Binomial name
Alvania oceani
(d'Orbigny, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Alvania (Turbona) oceani (d'Orbigny, 1852)
  • Rissoa oceani d'Orbigny, 1852 (original combination)

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

Distribution

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Fossils of this species were in Miocene strata in the Landes, France and Tortonian strata near Vienna, Austria.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania oceani (d'Orbigny, 1852) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=744930 on 2024-02-08
  • Lauriat-Rage (A.), Brébion (P.), Buge (E.), Chaix (C.), Chevalier (M.), Margerel (J.-P.), Pajaud (D.), Pouit (D.), Roman (J.), Viaud (J.-M.), 1989 - Le gisement redonien (Pliocène) de la Marnière (La Limouzinière, Loire-Atlantique). Biostratigraphie, paléobiologie, affinités paléobiogéographiques. Géologie de la France, n°1-2, p. 117-152
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