Alvania densecostata is an extinct species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
| Alvania densecostata | |
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| Shell of Alvania densecostata (holotype) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | †A. densecostata
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| Binomial name | |
| †Alvania densecostata Harmer, 1920
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| Synonyms | |
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† Rissoa densecostata A. Bell, 1893 | |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 3 mm, its diameter 1 mm.
(Original description) The solid, minute shell is elongate-turreted. The whorls are convex. They are ornamented by numerous fine, nearly straight ribs, crowded closely together, intersected by spiral striae which become stronger and more prominent below the periphery.[2]
Distribution
editFossils of this species were found in late Pliocene strata at St. Erth, Cornwall, Great Britain.
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania densecostata Harmer, 1920 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1027565 on 2024-02-06
- ^ Harmer F. W. (1920-1925). The Pliocene Mollusca of Great Britain, being supplementary to S.V. Wood's monograph of the Crag Mollusca. Vol. 2. Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society. 72(344): 485-652, pl. 45-52 (part 1, December 1920); 73(346): 653-704, pl. 53-56 (part 2, July 1921); 75(352): 705-856, pl. 57-64 (part 3, December 1923); 76(354): i-xiv, 857-900, pl. 65 (part 4, January 1925)
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