Alvania pseudalvania is an extinct species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Alvania pseudalvania
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. pseudalvania
Binomial name
Alvania pseudalvania
(Andrusov, 1905)
Synonyms[1]

Mohrensternia pseudalvania Andrusov, 1905 ·

Subspecies=
  • Alvania pseudalvania raricostata Iljina, 1976 (taxon inquirendum)

Distribution

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Fossils have been found in Mid Miocene strata in the Central Paratethys.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania pseudalvania (Andrusov, 1905) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1396407 on 2024-02-17
  • Andrusov, N. (1905). Maeotische Stufe. Zapiski Imperatorskago S.-Petersburgskago Mineralogicheskago Obshchestva, seriya 2. 43: 289–451.
  • Kowalke, T.; Harzhauser, M. (2004). Early ontogeny and palaeoecology of the Mid-Miocene rissoid gastropods of the Central Paratethys. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 49(1): 111–134.
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