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Alvania lettana

Gastropoda - Rissoidae

Taxonomy
Rissoa lettana was named by Van Winkle (1918). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UW 239, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in Washington.

It was recombined as Alvania lettana by Effinger (1938).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Rissoa lettana Van Winkle figs. pl. 7, fig. 13
1938Alvania lettana Effinger p. 379

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyRissooideaGray 1847
familyRissoidaeGray 1847
genusAlvaniaRisso 1826
specieslettana()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Alvania lettana Van Winkle 1918
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:55:20
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:55:20
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Oligocene or 37.71000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) Alvania lettana (40733)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04USA (Washington) Rissoa lettana (type locality: 241814)