Alvania playagrandensis

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Alvania playagrandensis
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. 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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