Alvania virodunensis

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Alvania virodunensis is an extinct species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania virodunensis Lozouet, 1998 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=872728 on 2024-02-04

Description

The length of the shell attains 1.53 mm, is diameter 0.91 mm.

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Distribution

Fossils of this species were found in Oligocene strata in Aquitaine, France; age range: 28.4 to 23.03 Ma

References

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  • Lozouet P. (1998). Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur de l'Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana. 5(3-4): 61–102.