Alvania craticula is an extinct species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | †A. craticula
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| Binomial name | |
| †Alvania craticula (Briart & Cornet, 1887)
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Distribution
editFossils were found in the Danian strata (Paleocene) near Mons, Belgium.
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania craticula (Briart & Cornet, 1887) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=871502 on 2024-02-11
- Kowalke, T. (2002). Systematic revision of Palaeocene brackish water Gastropoda from Mons, Belgium, based on their early ontogenetic shells. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique Sciences de la Terre. 72: 111–134.
External links
edit- Briart, A. & Cornet, F. L. (1887). Description des fossiles du Calcaire grossier de Mons. Gastéropodes. 4e partie. Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique. 47: 1-128
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - Glibert M. (1973). Révision des Gastropoda du Danien et du Montien de la Belgique. I. Les Gastropoda du Calcaire de Mons. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Mémoire. 173: 1-116
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