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

Alvania falsivenus
Shell of Alvania falsivenus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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. falsivenus
Binomial name
Alvania falsivenus
Lozouet, 2015

Distribution

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Fossils were found in Oligocene strata in the Landes, France.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania falsivenus Lozouet, 2015 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=865590 on 2024-02-11
  • Lozouet P. (2015). Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur d'Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest de la France). Partie 5. Cossmanniana. 17: 15–84.
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