Alvania raulini

Species of gastropod

Alvania raulini
Shell of Alvania raulini (holotype)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. raulini
Binomial name
Alvania raulini
Cossmann & Peyrot, 1919

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 1.5 mm, its diameter 1 mm.

Distribution

Fossils have been found in Neogene strata in Aquitaine, France.

References

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania raulini Cossmann & Peyrot, 1919 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=990536 on 2024-02-17
  • Cossmann, M.; Peyrot, A. (1918-1919). Conchologie néogénique de l'Aquitaine. Actes de la Société linnéenne de Bordeaux. 70(1): 5-100 (1918); 70(2): 101-180, pl. 1-9 (1918); 70(3): 181-356, pls 11-17 (1919); 70(4): 357-491 (1919).
Taxon identifiers
Alvania raulini


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