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Alvania eurydictium
Shell of Alvania eurydictium (holotype)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	†A. eurydictium
Binomial name
†Alvania eurydictium (Cossmann, 1888)
Synonyms
† Alvinia eurydictium (Cossmann, 1888) superseded combination † Rissoia eurydictium Cossmann, 1888 (original combination)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 2.2 mm (0.087 in), its diameter 1.2 mm (0.047 in).

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Eocene strata in the Paris Basin, France.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania eurydictium (Cossmann, 1888) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1570764 on 2024-02-13

External links

• Cossmann, M. (1888). Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris. Annales de la Société royale malacologique de Belgique. 23:

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