Alvania asphaltodus

Alvania asphaltodus is an extinct species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Alvania asphaltodus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. asphaltodus
Binomial name
Alvania asphaltodus
Beets, 1943
Synonyms

Distribution

Fossils of this species were found in Oligocene strata on the island Buton, Indonesia.

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania asphaltodes Beets, 1943 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=877651 on 2024-02-06
  • Beets, C. (1942). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Angeblich Oberoligocänen Mollusken-Fauna der Insel Buton, Niederländisch-Ostindlen. Leidsche Geologische Mededeelingen. 13(255): 256-328 (1942–43).

page(s): 268–269; plate 27, figs 34-35


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