Alvania robusta

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

Alvania robusta
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. robusta
Binomial name
Alvania robusta
Calas, 1949
Synonyms[1]

Alvania venus var. robusta Calas, 1949 (raised to full species)

Distribution

Fossils have been found in Upper Miocene strata in northwestern France.

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania robusta Calas, 1949 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1318659 on 2024-02-18
  • Calas, P. (1949). Note préléminaire à une revision des Rissoinidae du Redonien. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle Série 2. 21: 164–168.
  • Landau B.M., Ceulemans L. & Van Dingenen F. (2018). The upper Miocene gastropods of northwestern France, 2. Caenogastropoda. Cainozoic Research. 18(2): 177–368.


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