Alvania veliscensis
Species of gastropod
Alvania veliscensis | |
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Shell of Alvania veliscensis (holotype) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
Family: | Rissoidae |
Genus: | Alvania |
Species: | †A. veliscensis |
Binomial name | |
†Alvania veliscensis Schwartz von Mohrenstern, 1867 |
Alvania veliscensis 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 3 mm, its diameter 1.6 mm.
Distribution
Fossils of this species were in Mid Miocene strata in Wieliczka, Poland.
References
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania veliscensis Schwartz von Mohrenstern, 1867 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1396392 on 2024-02-18
- Kowalke, T.; Harzhauser, M. (2004). Early ontogeny and palaeoecology of the Mid-Miocene rissoid gastropods of the Central Paratethys. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 49(1): 111–134.
External links
- Reuss, A. E. (1867). Die fossile Fauna der Steinsalzablagerungen von Wieliczka in Galizien. Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 55(1): 17-182, pls. 1-8.
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