Alvania holsatica

Alvania holsatica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	†A. holsatica
Binomial name
†Alvania holsatica H.-J. Anderson, 1960

Alvania holsatica is an extinct species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Distribution

Fossils have been found in Miocene strata in North Germany.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania holsatica H.-J. Anderson, 1960 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=867392 on 2024-02-13

• Anderson, H. J. (1960). Die Gastropoden des jüngeren Tertiärs in Nordwestdeutschland. Teil 2: Prosobranchia Mesogastropoda. I. Littorinacea, Rissoacea, Cerithiacea. Meyniana. 9: 13–79.
• Janssen, A. W. (1967). Beiträge zur Kenntnis des Miocäns von Dingden und seiner Molluskenfauna 1. Geologica et Paleontologica. 1: 115–173.