Early Carboniferous Gastropoda from the Tamworth Belt, New South Wales, Australia Author Yoo, E. K. text Records of the Australian Museum 1994 1994-05-19 46 1 63 120 https://journals.australian.museum/yoo-1994-rec-aust-mus-461-63120/ journal article 10.3853/j.0067-1975.46.1994.18 b5d2a24f-697a-4fc3-9612-978fb532e815 0067-1975 4654599 Palaeoalvania n.gen. Type species. Palaeoalvania talenti n.sp. Definition. Shell minute, rather high-spired, narrowly phaneromphalous. Surface ornament of spiral cords and opisthociine growth lines. Protoconch deviated; aperture simple, circular. Geological age. Late Tournaisian. Remarks. Palaeoalvania is very similar to Kimina in shell and protoconch characters, but differs in having spiral cords. Australian Carboniferous species. Palaeoalvania talenti n.sp.