Alvania allixi
Species of gastropod
Alvania allixi | |
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Shell of † Alvania allixi (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
Family: | Rissoidae |
Genus: | Alvania |
Species: | †A. allixi |
Binomial name | |
†Alvania allixi Cossmann, 1919 | |
Synonyms | |
† Alvinia allixi (Cossmann, 1919)superseded combination |
Alvania allixi 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 1.75 mm, its diameter 1.25 mm.
Distribution
Fossils of this species were found in Eocene strata in the Loire-Atlantique, France.
References
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania allixi Cossmann, 1919 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=880752 on 2024-01-31
External links
- Cossmann, M. (1919). Supplément aux mollusques éocéniques de la Loire-Inférieure. I. — Gastropodes et scaphopodes. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de l'Ouest de la France. série 3, 5: 53-141, pls 1-4
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