Alvania eurydictium

Alvania eurydictium
Shell of Alvania eurydictium (holotype)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	†A. eurydictium
Binomial name
†Alvania eurydictium (Cossmann, 1888)
Synonyms
† Alvinia eurydictium(Cossmann, 1888) superseded combination † Rissoia eurydictiumCossmann, 1888 (original combination)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 2.2 mm (0.087 in), its diameter 1.2 mm (0.047 in).^{[ citation needed ]}

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Eocene strata in the Paris Basin, France.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania eurydictium (Cossmann, 1888) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1570764 on 2024-02-13

External links

• Cossmann, M. (1888). Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris. Annales de la Société royale malacologique de Belgique. 23: [1]-328; plates I-XII