Alaginella parvisinus is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]

Alaginella parvisinus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Genus: Alaginella
Species:
A. parvisinus
Binomial name
Alaginella parvisinus
(P. A. Maxwell, 1992)
Synonyms
  • Protoginella (Alaginella) parvisinus P. A. Maxwell, 1992 (superseded combination)
  • Protoginella parvisinus P. A. Maxwell, 1992

Distribution

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Fossils of this marine species were found in Eocene strata in South Canterbury, New Zealand.

References

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  • Maxwell, P.A. (1992). "Eocene Mollusca from the vicinity of McCulloch's Bridge, Waihao River, South Canterbury, New Zealand: paleoecology and systematics". New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin. 65: 1–280.
  • Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomi. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press. pp. 232–254.