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Alvania bartschi

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Alvania bartschi
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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The length of the shell attains 1.25 mm, its diameter 0.8 mm.

Distribution

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

References

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  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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