Alvania simonsi

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

Alvania simonsi
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
†A. simonsi
Binomial name
†Alvania simonsi
Marquet, 1997

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Pliocene strata near Kallo, Belgium.

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania simonsi Marquet, 1997 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=872261 on 2024-02-18
  • Marquet, R. (1997). Pliocene gastropod faunas from Kallo (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium) — Part 2. Caenogastropoda: Potamididae to Tornidae. Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology. 34: 9-29.


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