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Alvania kenneyi

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Alvania kenneyi
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. kenneyi
Binomial name
Alvania kenneyi
Ladd, 1966
Synonyms
  • Alvania (Taramellia) kenneyi Ladd, 1966
  • Merelina kenneyi (Ladd, 1966)

Alvania kenneyi 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 0.8 mm, its diameter 0.5 mm.

Distribution

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Fossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata at Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania kenneyi Ladd, 1966 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=866461 on 2024-02-14
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