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Alvania lachesis

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Alvania lachesis
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. lachesis
Binomial name
Alvania lachesis
(Basterot, 1825)
Synonyms
  • Rissoa lachesis (Basterot, 1825) (Alvania accepted as full genus)
  • Rissoa lachesis var. mayeri De Stefani & Pantanelli, 1888 junior subjective synonym
  • Turbo lachesis Basterot, 1825

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

Distribution

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Fossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata in Loir-et-Cher, France; also in Austria.

References

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  1. ^ 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.
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