Alvania alexandrae
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | †A. alexandrae
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| Binomial name | |
| †Alvania alexandrae O. Boettger, 1902
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Alvania alexandrae is an extinct species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 3 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]Fossils of this marine species were found in Middle Miocene strata in Poland.
References
[edit]- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania alexandrae O. Boettger, 1902 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1575770 on 2024-02-03
- 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.
- Zilch, A. (1934). Zur Fauna des Mittel-Miocäns von Kostej (Banat). Typus-Bestimmung und Tafeln zu O. Boettger's Bearbeitungen. Senckenbergiana 16:193-302. 22: pls.
External links
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