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Alvania holsatica

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Alvania holsatica
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. 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

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Fossils have been found in Miocene strata in North Germany.

References

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  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.