Alvania aquensis is an extinct species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Alvania aquensis
Shell of Alvania aquensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. aquensis
Binomial name
Alvania aquensis
(Grateloup, 1838)
Synonyms
  • Manzonia (Taramellia) subspinicosta Cossmann, 1921 ·
  • Manzonia subspinicosta Cossmann, 1921 junior subjective synonym
  • Rissoa aquensis Grateloup, 1838 (original combination)
  • Rissoa clathrata Grateloup, 1828 (invalid: junior homonym of Rissoa clathrata Gray, 1826; R. aquensis is a replacement name)

Distribution

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

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania aquensis (Grateloup, 1838) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1393939 on 2024-02-04
  • Pacaud, J. M. (2019). Remarques taxonomiques et nomenclaturales sur les mollusques gastéropodes du Paléogène de France et description d'espèces nouvelles. Partie 2. Caenogastropoda (partim). Cossmanniana. 21: 101–153.
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