Alvania argillensis
| Alvania argillensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | †A. argillensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Alvania argillensis Lozouet, 1998
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| Synonyms | |
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Alvania argillensis 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 1.1 mm.
Distribution
Fossils of this marine species were found in Oligocene strate in Aquitaine, France (age range: 28.4 to 23.03 Ma)
References
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania argillensis Lozouet, 1998 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=872723 on 2024-02-04
- Lozouet P. (1998). Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur de l'Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana. 5(3-4): 61–102.
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