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Alvania kaawaensis

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Alvania kaawaensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. kaawaensis
Binomial name
Alvania kaawaensis
(Laws, 1940)
Synonyms
  • Alvania (Linemera) kaawaensis (Laws, 1940) alternate representation
  • Linemera kaawaensis Laws, 1940

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

Distribution

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Fossils of this marine species were found in New Zealand

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania kaawaensis (Laws, 1940) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=832774 on 2024-02-14
  • Laws, C. R. (1940). The Waitotaran Faunule at Kaawa Creek. Part 3. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 69: 427–447.
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