Alvania oceani

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| image_caption = Shell of Alvania oceani (specimen at MNHN, Paris)

| taxon = Alvania oceani

| authority = (d'Orbigny, 1852)

|extinct=yes

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| synonyms =

  • Alvania (Turbona) oceani (d'Orbigny, 1852)
  • Rissoa oceani d'Orbigny, 1852 (original combination)

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

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania oceani (d'Orbigny, 1852) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=744930 on 2024-02-08

Distribution

Fossils of this species were in Miocene strata in the Landes, France and Tortonian strata near Vienna, Austria.

References

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  • Lauriat-Rage (A.), Brébion (P.), Buge (E.), Chaix (C.), Chevalier (M.), Margerel (J.-P.), Pajaud (D.), Pouit (D.), Roman (J.), Viaud (J.-M.), 1989 - Le gisement redonien (Pliocène) de la Marnière (La Limouzinière, Loire-Atlantique). Biostratigraphie, paléobiologie, affinités paléobiogéographiques. Géologie de la France, n°1-2, p. 117-152