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Alvania beyrichii

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 1.6 mm, its diameter 1.2 mm.

Their functional type is Benthos.

Their feeding type was a grazer and also a detritus feeder.

Distribution

Fossils of this species were found in Lower Oligocene strata in Belgium.

References

  • Glibert, M. and J. de Heinzelin de Braucourt. (1954). L'Oligocène Inférieur Belge. Volume Jubilaire Victor van Straelen. 281–438; plates I-VII. 97; plates I-X.

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