Alvania waimamakuensis

Alvania waimamakuensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	†A. waimamakuensis
Binomial name
	†Alvania waimamakuensis; (Laws, 1948)
Synonyms
	† Alvania (Linemera) waimamakuensis (Laws, 1948) alternate representation; † Linemera waimamakuenis Laws, 1948;

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

Distribution

Fossils of this species were in Tertiary strata off Hokianga, New Zealand.

^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania waimamakuensis (Laws, 1948) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=832778 on 2024-02-18

Laws, C.R. (1948) Further Tertiary Mollusca from Hokianga District, North Auckland. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 77, 142–150, pls. 11–12.

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