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

Alvania hauniensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. hauniensis
Binomial name
Alvania hauniensis
Ravn, 1939 †
Synonyms

Alvania (Arsenia) hauniensis Ravn, 1939 †

Distribution

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Fossils of this species were in Paleocene strata near Copenhagen, Denmark (age range: 61.7 to 58.7 Ma)

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania hauniensis Ravn, 1939 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=955562 on 2024-02-08
  • Glibert, M. (1949). Gastropodes du Miocène moyen du Bassin de la Loire. Première partie. Institut Royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgiques, Mémoires. ser. 2, 30: 1–240.
  • K. I. Schnetler. 2001. The Selandian (Paleocene) mollusc fauna from Copenhagen, Denmark: the Poul Harder 1920 collection. Geology of Denmark Survey Bulletin 37:1-85
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