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Alvania schwartzi

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Alvania schwartzi
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. schwartzi
Binomial name
Alvania schwartzi
(M. Hörnes, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Alvania (Galeodinopsis) schwartzi (M. Hörnes, 1856)
  • Rissoa schwartzi M. Hörnes, 1856

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

Distribution

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Fossils of this species were in Tortonian strata near Vienna, Austria.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania schwartzi (M. Hörnes, 1856) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1575779 on 2024-02-09
  • Hörnes, M. (1851-1856). Die fossilen Mollusken des Tertiär-Beckens von Wien. I. Univalven. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt. 3: 1–736, pls 1-52
  • 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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