Alvania playagrandensis

Alvania playagrandensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
†A. playagrandensis
Binomial name
†Alvania playagrandensis
Weisbord, 1962

Alvania playagrandensis 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 1.4 mm, its diameter 0.7 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this species were found in Late Cenozoic strata in northern Venezuela.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania playagrandensis Weisbord, 1962 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=865920 on 2024-02-15


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