Alvania falsivenus

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

Alvania falsivenus
Shell of Alvania falsivenus (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. falsivenus
Binomial name
Alvania falsivenus
Lozouet, 2015

Distribution

Fossils were found in Oligocene strata in the Landes, France.

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania falsivenus Lozouet, 2015 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=865590 on 2024-02-11
  • Lozouet P. (2015). Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur d'Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest de la France). Partie 5. Cossmanniana. 17: 15–84.


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