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Alvania tenuicostata

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Alvania tenuicostata
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. tenuicostata
Binomial name
Alvania tenuicostata
(G. Seguenza, 1876)
Synonyms

Rissoa (Alvania) tenuicostata G. Seguenza, 1876 superseded combination (Alvania accepted as full genus)

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

Distribution

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Fossils were found in Pliocene strata off Messina, Italy.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania tenuicostata (G. Seguenza, 1876) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=883943 on 2024-02-10
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