Alvania schwartzi

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

Alvania schwartzi
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. schwartzi
Binomial name
Alvania schwartzi
(M. Hörnes, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Alvania (Galeodinopsis) schwartzi (M. Hörnes, 1856)
  • Rissoa schwartzi M. Hörnes, 1856

Distribution

Fossils of this species were in Tortonian strata near Vienna, Austria.

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania schwartzi (M. Hörnes, 1856) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1575779 on 2024-02-09
  • Hörnes, M. (1851-1856). Die fossilen Mollusken des Tertiär-Beckens von Wien. I. Univalven. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt. 3: 1–736, pls 1-52
  • 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.


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