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Alvania awamoaensis
	Shell of Alvania awamoaensis (holotype)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	†A. awamoaensis
Binomial name
	†Alvania awamoaensis; (H. J. Finlay, 1924)
Synonyms
	† Alvania (Linemera) awamoaensis (H. J. Finlay, 1924)· alternate representation; † Linemera awamoaensis Finlay, 1924;

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 2.1 mm, its diameter 1.1 mm.

Fossils of this species were found in Tertiary strata on Awamoa, North Otago, New Zealand

^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania awamoaensis (H. J. Finlay, 1924) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=832773 on 2024-02-06

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