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Alvania simonsi

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Alvania simonsi
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. simonsi
Binomial name
Alvania simonsi
Marquet, 1997

Alvania simonsi 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 of this marine species were found in Pliocene strata near Kallo, Belgium.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania simonsi Marquet, 1997 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=872261 on 2024-02-18
  • Marquet, R. (1997). Pliocene gastropod faunas from Kallo (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium) — Part 2. Caenogastropoda: Potamididae to Tornidae. Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology. 34: 9-29.
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