Alvania obliquicostata

Alvania obliquicostata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	†A. obliquicostata
Binomial name
†Alvania obliquicostata H. Wang, 1981
Synonyms
† Alvania (Acinulus) obliquicostatusH.-J. Wang, 1981 (superseded combination) † Alvania obliquicostatusH. Wang, 1981 (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)

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

Distribution

Fossils of this species were found in Tertiary strata in the continental shelf of the South China Sea

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania obliquicostata H. Wang, 1981 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=873718 on 2024-02-15

• Wang, H. (1981). Gastropoda. pp. 199–208, plates 99–103. In: Hou, Y. T., 1981. Tertiary palaeontology of north continental shelf of South China Sea. Guangdong: Guangdong Science and Technology Press. 274 pp., 108 plates.

External links

• Marinespecies.org: image