Alvania veliscensis
| Alvania veliscensis | |
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| Shell of Alvania veliscensis (holotype) | |
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. veliscensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Alvania veliscensis Schwartz von Mohrenstern, 1867
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Alvania veliscensis 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 1.6 mm.
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Distribution[edit]
Fossils of this species were in Mid Miocene strata in Wieliczka, Poland.
References[edit]
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania veliscensis Schwartz von Mohrenstern, 1867 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1396392 on 2024-02-18
- 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.
External links[edit]
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