Alvania asphaltodus

Alvania asphaltodus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
†A. asphaltodus
Binomial name
†Alvania asphaltodus
Beets, 1943
Synonyms
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Alvania asphaltodus is an extinct species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Distribution

Fossils of this species were found in Oligocene strata on the island Buton, Indonesia.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania asphaltodes Beets, 1943 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=877651 on 2024-02-06
  • Beets, C. (1942). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Angeblich Oberoligocänen Mollusken-Fauna der Insel Buton, Niederländisch-Ostindlen. Leidsche Geologische Mededeelingen. 13(255): 256-328 (1942–43).

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