Alvania hauniensis is an extinct species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
| Alvania hauniensis | |
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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. hauniensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Alvania hauniensis Ravn, 1939 †
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| Synonyms | |
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† Alvania (Arsenia) hauniensis Ravn, 1939 † | |
Distribution
editFossils of this species were in Paleocene strata near Copenhagen, Denmark (age range: 61.7 to 58.7 Ma)
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania hauniensis Ravn, 1939 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=955562 on 2024-02-08
- Glibert, M. (1949). Gastropodes du Miocène moyen du Bassin de la Loire. Première partie. Institut Royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgiques, Mémoires. ser. 2, 30: 1–240.
- K. I. Schnetler. 2001. The Selandian (Paleocene) mollusc fauna from Copenhagen, Denmark: the Poul Harder 1920 collection. Geology of Denmark Survey Bulletin 37:1-85
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