Alvania awamoaensis

Alvania awamoaensis
Shell of Alvania awamoaensis (holotype)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
†A. awamoaensis
Binomial name
†Alvania awamoaensis
(H. J. Finlay, 1924)
Synonyms
  • † Alvania (Linemera) awamoaensis (H. J. Finlay, 1924)· alternate representation
  • † Linemera awamoaensis Finlay, 1924

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 2.1 mm, its diameter 1.1 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this species were found in Tertiary strata on Awamoa, North Otago, New Zealand

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania awamoaensis (H. J. Finlay, 1924) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=832773 on 2024-02-06


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