Alvania asphaltodus is an extinct species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
| Alvania asphaltodus | |
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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. asphaltodus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Alvania asphaltodus Beets, 1943
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Distribution
editFossils of this species were found in Oligocene strata on the island Buton, Indonesia.
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania asphaltodes Beets, 1943 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=877651 on 2024-02-06
- Beets, C. (1942). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Angeblich Oberoligocänen Mollusken-Fauna der Insel Buton, Niederländisch-Ostindlen. Leidsche Geologische Mededeelingen. 13(255): 256-328 (1942–43).
page(s): 268–269; plate 27, figs 34-35
External links
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