Alvania veliscensis

Alvania veliscensis
Shell of Alvania veliscensis (holotype)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	†A. veliscensis
Binomial name
†Alvania veliscensis Schwartz von Mohrenstern, 1867

Alvania veliscensis 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 3 mm, its diameter 1.6 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this species were in Mid Miocene strata in Wieliczka, Poland.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania veliscensis Schwartz von Mohrenstern, 1867 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1396392 on 2024-02-18

• 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.

External links

• Reuss, A. E. (1867). Die fossile Fauna der Steinsalzablagerungen von Wieliczka in Galizien. Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 55(1): 17-182, pls. 1-8.