Alvania basisulcata

Species of gastropod

Alvania basisulcata
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. basisulcata
Binomial name
Alvania basisulcata
A. W. Janssen, 1972
Synonyms

Alvania (Actonia) basisulcata A. W. Janssen, 1972

Alvania basisulcata 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 2.4 mm, its diameter 1.6 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this species were found in late Miocene strata in Northern Germany

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania basisulcata A. W. Janssen, 1972 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=872689 on 2024-02-06
  • Janssen, A. W. (1972). Die Mollusken-Fauna der Twistringer Schichten (Miocän) von Norddeutschland. Scripta Geologica. 10: 1-96, 11 pls
Taxon identifiers
Alvania basisulcata


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