Alvania praenovarensis

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

Alvania praenovarensis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. praenovarensis
Binomial name
Alvania praenovarensis
(Ludbrook, 1956)
Synonyms

Turboella praenovarensis Ludbrook, 1956

Distribution

Fossils have been found in Upper Pliocene strata off Adelaide, Australia.

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania praenovarensis (Ludbrook, 1956) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1652864 on 2024-02-17
  • Ludbrook, N. H. (1956). The molluscan fauna of the Pliocene strata underlying the Adelaide Plains. Part III. Scaphopoda, Polyplacophora, Gastropoda (Haliotidae to Tornidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 79: 1-36.


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