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Alvania obliquicostata

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Alvania obliquicostata
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. obliquicostata
Binomial name
Alvania obliquicostata
H. Wang, 1981
Synonyms
  • Alvania (Acinulus) obliquicostatus H.-J. Wang, 1981 (superseded combination)
  • Alvania obliquicostatus H. Wang, 1981 (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)

Alvania obliquicostata 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 species were found in Tertiary strata in the continental shelf of the South China Sea

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania obliquicostata H. Wang, 1981 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=873718 on 2024-02-15
  • Wang, H. (1981). Gastropoda. pp. 199–208, plates 99–103. In: Hou, Y. T., 1981. Tertiary palaeontology of north continental shelf of South China Sea. Guangdong: Guangdong Science and Technology Press. 274 pp., 108 plates.
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