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Alvania craticula

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Alvania craticula
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. craticula
Binomial name
Alvania craticula
(Briart & Cornet, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Alvania (Arsenia) craticula Briart & Cornet, 1887 (basionym; Arsenia is a junior synonym of Alvania)
  • Rissoa craticula Briart & Cornet, 1887 (Alvania accepted as full genus)

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

Distribution

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Fossils were found in the Danian strata (Paleocene) near Mons, Belgium.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania craticula (Briart & Cornet, 1887) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=871502 on 2024-02-11
  • Kowalke, T. (2002). Systematic revision of Palaeocene brackish water Gastropoda from Mons, Belgium, based on their early ontogenetic shells. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique Sciences de la Terre. 72: 111–134.
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