Alvania acuticarinata

Alvania acuticarinata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	†A. acuticarinata
Binomial name
†Alvania acuticarinata Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018
Synonyms
† Delphinula carinata Millet, 1854 (invalid: junior homonym of Delphinula carinata Woodward, 1833; Alvania acuticarinata is a replacement name)

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

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in upper Miocene strata in northwestern France.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania acuticarinata Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1318113 on 2024-02-01

• Landau B.M., Ceulemans L. & Van Dingenen F. (2018). The upper Miocene gastropods of northwestern France, 2. Caenogastropoda. Cainozoic Research. 18(2): 177–368.

External links

• Millet de la Turtaudière, P.-A. (1854). Paléontologie de Maine et Loire : comprenant avec des observations et l'indication des diverses formations géologiques du département de Maine et Loire, un relevé des roches, des minéraux et des fossiles qui se rapportent à chacune d'elles. Cosnier et Lachèse, Angers, viii + 187 pp