Alvania abrupta

Alvania abrupta
Shell of Alvania abrupta (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. abrupta
Binomial name
Alvania abrupta
(Dell, 1956)
Synonyms
  • Alvania (Linemera) abrupta (Dell, 1956) · alternate representation
  • Alvinia (Linemera) abrupta (Dell, 1956) · unaccepted
  • Linemera abrupta Dell, 1956 · unaccepted (superseded combination)

Alvania abrupta 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 mm, its diameter 1.4 mm.

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs at the Taiaroa Canyon, off Otago Peninsula

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania abrupta (Dell, 1956). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598542 on 2024-01-03
  • Dell, R. K. (1956). The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand. Dominion Museum Bulletin. 18: 1–235.
  • 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,


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