Alvania partimcancellata

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

Alvania partimcancellata
Shell of Alvania partimcancellata (holotype)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. partimcancellata
Binomial name
Alvania partimcancellata
Harmer, 1920
Synonyms
  • Alvania (Arsenia) partimcancellata Wood in Kend, et Bell, 1886
  • Rissoa partim-cancellata S. V. Wood in Kendall and R. G. Bell, 1886

Description

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The length of the shell is 3 mm (0.12 in), and its diameter is 1.5 mm (0.059 in).

(Original description) The minute shell is ovate. It contains 5 slightly convex whorls. They are regularly diminishing in size upwards, the body whorl much the largest. The spire measures about one-third the total length. They are ornamented by numerous longitudinal ribs, disappearing towards the periphery against a series of spiral ridges which continue to the base of the shell, with a single line near the suture. The suture is slightly channelled. The aperture is oval.[2]

Distribution

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Fossils of this species were found in late Pliocene strata at St. Erth, Cornwall, Great Britain.

References

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  • Gürs, K & F. Weinbrecht. (2001). Die Gattung Alvania (Gastropoda, Rissoidae) im norddeutschen Miozän. Meyniana. 53: 75–88.
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