Alvania convexispira

Species of gastropod

Alvania convexispira
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. convexispira
Binomial name
Alvania convexispira
O. Boettger, 1907

Alvania convexispira 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 2.5 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Middle Miocene strata in Hungary.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania convexispira O. Boettger, 1907 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1037455 on 2024-02-03
  • Boettger, O. (1907). Zur Kenntnis der Fauna der mittelmiocänen Schichten von Kostej im Krassó–Szörényer Komitat (Gasteropoden und Anneliden). III. Verhandlungen und Mitteilungen des Siebenbürgischen Vereins für Naturwissenschaften zu Hermannstadt. 55 (1905): 101-244
  • Kovács, Z.; Stein, G. (2023). Middle Miocene Rissooidea (Caenogastropoda) of Letkés (Hungary). Földtani Közlöny. 153(1): 19-34
Taxon identifiers
Alvania convexispira
  • Wikidata: Q106107770
  • CoL: 5TXHJ
  • GBIF: 9501067
  • WoRMS: 1037455


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