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Alvania zosta

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Alvania zosta
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. zosta
Binomial name
Alvania zosta
(Bayan, 1873)
Synonyms
  • Alvania (Alvinia) zosta (Bayan, 1873)
  • Alvinia zosta (Bayan, 1873) superseded combination
  • Rissoa zosta Bayan, 1873

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

Distribution

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Fossils of this species were in Eocene strata in Paris Basin, France

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania zosta (Bayan, 1873) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1570763 on 2024-02-09
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