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Alvania peyreirensis
Shell of Alvania peyreirensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	†A. peyreirensis
Binomial name
†Alvania peyreirensis Cossmann & Peyrot, 1919

Alvania peyreirensis 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 mm, its diameter 1 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (February 2024)

Distribution

Fossils of this species were found in Oligocene strata in Aquitaine, France.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania peyreirensis Cossmann & Peyrot, 1919 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=990537 on 2024-02-01

External links

• Cossmann, M.; Peyrot, A. (1918-1919). Conchologie néogénique de l'Aquitaine. Actes de la Société linnéenne de Bordeaux. 70(1): 5-100 (1918); 70(2): 101-180, pl. 1-9 (1918); 70(3): 181-356, pls 11-17 (1919); 70(4): 357-491 (1919)

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