Alvania peyreirensis

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Alvania peyreirensis
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Shell of Alvania peyreirensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. peyreirensis
Binomial name
Alvania peyreirensis
Cossmann & Peyrot, 1919

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

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Description

The length of the shell attains 2 mm, its diameter 1 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this species were found in Oligocene strata in Aquitaine, France.

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania peyreirensis Cossmann & Peyrot, 1919 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=990537 on 2024-02-01