Alvania eurydictium
| 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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Alvania eurydictium 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 2.2 mm (0.087 in), its diameter 1.2 mm (0.047 in).
Distribution
Fossils of this marine species were found in Eocene strata in the Paris Basin, France.
References
- ^ 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
- 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]