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Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alvania montensis is an extinct species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
Alvania montensis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
Family: | Rissoidae |
Genus: | Alvania |
Species: | †A. montensis |
Binomial name | |
†Alvania montensis Glibert, 1973 | |
Synonyms[1] | |
† Alvania (Arsenia) montensis Glibert, 1973 (basionym; Arsenia is a junior synonym of Alvania) |
The length of the shell attains 2.2 mm, its diameter 1.25 mm.
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Fossils of this marine species were found in Montian (Paleocene) strata near Mons, Belgium.
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