Alvania venus

Alvania venus
Impression of the shell of Alvania venus on a rock.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
†A. venus
Binomial name
†Alvania venus
(d'Orbigny, 1852)
Synonyms
  • † Alvania (Turbona) venus (d'Orbigny, 1852)
  • † Rissoa venus d'Orbigny, 1852

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

Variety

Distribution

Fossils of this species were in Miocene strata in Western France.

References

  1. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania venus (d'Orbigny, 1852) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1318738 on 2024-02-08