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

Alvania couffoni
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. couffoni
Binomial name
Alvania couffoni
Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018

Distribution

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Fossils of this marine species were found in upper Miocene strata in Maine-et-Loire, France.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania couffoni Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1318116 on 2024-02-01
  • Landau B.M., Ceulemans L. & Van Dingenen F. (2018). The upper Miocene gastropods of northwestern France, 2. Caenogastropoda. Cainozoic Research. 18(2): 177–368.
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