Alvania bounteyensis
| Alvania bounteyensis | |
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| Shell of Alvania bounteyensis (specimen at the Museum of New Zealand) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. bounteyensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvania bounteyensis (Dell, 1950)
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| Synonyms | |
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Alvania bounteyensis is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 2.15 mm (0.085 in), its diameter 1.2 mm (0.047 in).
Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off the Bounty Islands.
References
- ^ "Alvania bountyensis (Dell, 1950)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
Further reading
- Dell, R.K. (1950). Notes on the taxonomy and distribution of some New Zealand Mollusca with description of four new species. Dominion Museum Records in Zoology 1 (3): 21–28.
- Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press,