Alvania aturensis is an extinct species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
| Alvania aturensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | †A. aturensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Alvania aturensis Lozouet, 1998
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 2.4 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.
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Distribution edit
Fossils of this species were found in Oligocene strata in the Landes, France (age range: 23.03 to 15.97 Ma)
References edit
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Alvania aturensis Lozouet, 1998 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=872720 on 2023-12-13
- Lozouet P. (1998). Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur de l'Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana. 5(3-4): 61–102.
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