Alvania kenneyi
Appearance
Alvania kenneyi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
Family: | Rissoidae |
Genus: | Alvania |
Species: | †A. kenneyi
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Binomial name | |
†Alvania kenneyi Ladd, 1966
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Alvania kenneyi is an extinct species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 0.8 mm, its diameter 0.5 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]Fossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata at Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands.
References
[edit]- ^ 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