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

Alvania riparia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. riparia
Binomial name
Alvania riparia
Lozouet, 1998

Description

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The length of the shell attains 2.37 mm, its diameter 1.61 mm.

Distribution

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Fossils of this species were found in Oligocene strata in Aquitaine, France; age range: 28.4 to 23.03 Ma

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania riparia Lozouet, 1998 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=872727 on 2024-02-04
  • Lozouet P. (1998). Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur de l'Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana. 5(3-4): 61–102.
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