Alvania curta

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† Alvania (Arsenia) curta (Dujardin, 1837)
† Alvania curta nieheimensis Hinsch, 1972 (within the variability of the nominate)
† Rissoa curta Dujardin, 1837 (Alvania accepted as full genus)

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

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). "Alvania curta (Dujardin, 1837) †". MolluscaBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species WoRMS at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=872790 on 2024-02-08

Subgenus:

† Alvania curta var. mioelongata Peyrot, 1938
† Alvania curta nieheimensis Hinsch, 1972: accepted as † Alvania curta (Dujardin, 1837) (within the variability of the nominate)
† Alvania curta rarecostata Friedberg, 1923 (taxon inquirendum)

Distribution

Fossils of this species were in Lower Oligocene strata near Mérignac, Gironde,{{r|irsn de B}} France and in Upper Tortonian strata near Vienna, Austria.

References

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{{cite book |last1=Glibert |first1=Maxime |title=Les Mesogastropoda fossiles du Cénozoïque étranger des collections de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique |id=Première partie Part 1 – Cyclophoridae à Stiliferidae (inclus) |date=1962 |publisher=Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique|url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/35118095.pdf |series=Mémoires deuxiéme série, fascicule 69 |page=54 |language=fr}}

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Kowalke, T.; Harzhauser, M. (2004). "Early ontogeny and palaeoecology of the Mid-Miocene rissoid gastropods of the Central Paratethys". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 49 (1): 111–134.

External links

Dujardin, F. (1837). [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42371007 "Mémoire sur les couches du sol en Touraine, et description des coquilles de la craie et des faluns".] Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France. 2 (2): 211–311, pls 15–21.

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Category:Gastropods described in 1837