Alvania playagrandensis

Alvania playagrandensis
Scientific 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

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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

^ 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

External links

Weisbord, N. E. (1962). Late Cenozoic gastropods from northern Venezuela. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 42(193): 1-672, 48 pls.

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[WoRMS-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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