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Alvania critica

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Alvania critica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. critica
Binomial name
Alvania critica
O. Boettger, 1907
Synonyms

Alvania helenae var. critica O. Boettger, 1907 (basionym)

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 2.5 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.

Distribution

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Fossils were found in the Miocene strata in Central Europe, Greece and Turkey.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania critica O. Boettger, 1907 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1341514 on 2024-02-11
  • Landau, B. M., Harzhauser, M., İslamoğlu, Y. & da Silva, C. M. (2013). Systematics and palaeobiogeography of the gastropods of the middle Miocene (Serravallian) Karaman Basin, Turkey. Cainozoic Research. 11-13: 1–584.
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