Alvania bounteyensis

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Alvania bounteyensis
Shell of Alvania bounteyensis (specimen at the Museum of New Zealand)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. bounteyensis
Binomial name
Alvania bounteyensis
(Dell, 1950)
Synonyms
  • Alvania (Linemera) bountyensis (Dell, 1950) · alternate representation
  • Alvinia (Linemera) bountyensis (Dell, 1950) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
  • Haurakia bountyensis Dell, 1950 · unaccepted (superseded combination)

Alvania bounteyensis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Description[edit]

The length of the shell attains 2.15 mm, its diameter 1.2 mm.

Distribution[edit]

This species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off the Bounty Islands.

References[edit]

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania bountyensis (Dell, 1950). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598544 on 2024-01-03
  • 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,