Alvania waimamakuensis

Alvania waimamakuensis
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. waimamakuensis
Binomial name
†Alvania waimamakuensis
(Laws, 1948)
Synonyms
  • † Alvania (Linemera) waimamakuensis (Laws, 1948) alternate representation
  • † Linemera waimamakuenis Laws, 1948

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

Distribution

Fossils of this species were in Tertiary strata off Hokianga, New Zealand.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania waimamakuensis (Laws, 1948) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=832778 on 2024-02-18
  • Laws, C.R. (1948) Further Tertiary Mollusca from Hokianga District, North Auckland. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 77, 142–150, pls. 11–12.


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