Alvania erentoezae

Alvania erentoezae is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.

Alvania erentoezae
Temporal range: Early Tortonian[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. erentoezae
Binomial name
Alvania erentoezae
İslamoğlu, 2006[1]

Description

The shell is slender.[1] The aperture is round.[1]

Distribution

Western Taurids, Southwestern Turkey.[1]

References
  1. İslamoğlu Y. (2006). "Alvania erentoezae – a new Rissoid gastropod species from the Early Tortonian of the Antalya Basin (Western Taurids, SW Turkey)". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 107A: 59-69. PDF.


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