Alvania curta

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

Subgenus:

• † Alvania curta var. mioelongata <small>Peyrot, 1938</small>
• † Alvania curta nieheimensis <small>Hinsch, 1972</small>: accepted as † Alvania curta <small>(Dujardin, 1837)</small> (within the variability of the nominate)
• † Alvania curta rarecostata <small>Friedberg, 1923</small> (taxon inquirendum)

Distribution

Fossils of this species were in Lower Oligocene strata near Mérignac, Gironde, France and in Upper Tortonian strata near Vienna, Austria.

References

Sources

• Kowalke, T.; Harzhauser, M. (2004). "Early ontogeny and palaeoecology of the Mid-Miocene rissoid gastropods of the Central Paratethys". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 49 (1): 111–134.

External links

• Dujardin, F. (1837). "Mémoire sur les couches du sol en Touraine, et description des coquilles de la craie et des faluns". Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France. 2 (2): 211–311, pls 15–21.