Alvania josephineae

Alvania josephineae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. josephineae
Binomial name
Alvania josephineae
Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018

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

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in upper Miocene strata in Maine-et-Loire, France.[2]

Etymology

This species is named after Joséphine de Beauharnais, first wife of Napoleon. It was described concurrently with Alvania napoleoni, named after her husband.[2]

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania josephineae Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1318123 on 2024-02-01
  2. ^ a b Landau, B. M.; Ceulemans, L.; Van Dingenen, F. (2018). "The upper Miocene gastropods of northwestern France, 2.Caenogastropoda" (PDF). Cainozoic Research. 18 (2): 177–368. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022 – via natuurtijdschriften.nl.