Alvania barreti
Alvania barreti is an extinct species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
| Alvania barreti | |
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| Shell of Alvania barreti (specimen 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. barreti |
| Binomial name | |
| †Alvania barreti (Morlet, 1885) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 3.5 mm, its diameter 1.2 mm.
Distribution
Fossils of this species were found in late Eocene strata in Île-de-France, France.
References
- MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania barreti (Morlet, 1885) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=880753 on 2024-02-06
- Le Renard, J. & Pacaud, J. (1995). Révision des mollusques Paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. II. Liste des références primaires des espèces. Cossmanniana. 3: 65–132.
External links
- Morlet, L. (1885). Diagnoses conchyliorum fossilium novorum, in stratis eocenicis repertorum. Journal de Conchyliologie. 33: 312-316
- 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
- Glibert, M. (1962). Les Mesogastropoda fossiles du Cénozoïque étranger des collections de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. Première partie. Cyclophoridae à Stiliferidae (inclus). Institut Royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgiques, Mémoires. Deuxième série. 69: 1-305
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