Alvania praenovarensis
| Alvania praenovarensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | †A. praenovarensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Alvania praenovarensis (Ludbrook, 1956)
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| Synonyms | |
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† Turboella praenovarensis Ludbrook, 1956 | |
Alvania praenovarensis is an extinct species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
Distribution
[edit]Fossils have been found in Upper Pliocene strata off Adelaide, Australia.
References
[edit]- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania praenovarensis (Ludbrook, 1956) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1652864 on 2024-02-17
- Ludbrook, N. H. (1956). The molluscan fauna of the Pliocene strata underlying the Adelaide Plains. Part III. Scaphopoda, Polyplacophora, Gastropoda (Haliotidae to Tornidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 79: 1-36.
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