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

Alvania praeholsatica
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. praeholsatica
Binomial name
Alvania praeholsatica
Gürs & Weinbrecht, 2001

Distribution

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Fossils have been found in Miocene strata in North Germany.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania praeholsatica Gürs & Weinbrecht, 2001 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=955560 on 2024-02-15
  • Gürs, K & F. Weinbrecht. (2001). Die Gattung Alvania (Gastropoda, Rissoidae) im norddeutschen Miozän. Meyniana. 53: 75–88.