Alvania bartschi

Alvania bartschi
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
†A. bartschi
Binomial name
†Alvania bartschi
Olsson, 1942

Alvania bartschi 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 1.25 mm, its diameter 0.8 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this species were found in late Pleistocene strata at Punta Piedra on the Burica Peninsula, Panama.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania bartschi Olsson, 1942 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=882040 on 2024-02-06


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