Alvania oceani

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

Alvania oceani
Shell of Alvania oceani (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. oceani
Binomial name
Alvania oceani
(d'Orbigny, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Alvania (Turbona) oceani (d'Orbigny, 1852)
  • Rissoa oceani d'Orbigny, 1852 (original combination)

Distribution

Fossils of this species were in Miocene strata in the Landes, France and Tortonian strata near Vienna, Austria.

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania oceani (d'Orbigny, 1852) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=744930 on 2024-02-08
  • Lauriat-Rage (A.), Brébion (P.), Buge (E.), Chaix (C.), Chevalier (M.), Margerel (J.-P.), Pajaud (D.), Pouit (D.), Roman (J.), Viaud (J.-M.), 1989 - Le gisement redonien (Pliocène) de la Marnière (La Limouzinière, Loire-Atlantique). Biostratigraphie, paléobiologie, affinités paléobiogéographiques. Géologie de la France, n°1-2, p. 117-152


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