Alvania lachesis is an extinct species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc 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. lachesis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Alvania lachesis (Basterot, 1825)
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Distribution
editFossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata in Loir-et-Cher, France; also in Austria.
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania lachesis (Basterot, 1825) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1318746 on 2024-02-14
- Landau B.M., Ceulemans L. & Van Dingenen F. (2018). The upper Miocene gastropods of northwestern France, 2. Caenogastropoda. Cainozoic Research. 18(2): 177–368.
External links
edit- Basterot, B. de. (1825). Description géologique du bassin tertiaire du sud-ouest de la France. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, deuxième série. 2(1): 1-100, 7 pls
- De Stefani, C. (1888). Iconografia dei nuovi molluschi pliocenici d'intorno Siena. Bullettino della Società malacologica italiana. 13: 181-235
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