Alvania pinguoides

Alvania pinguoides
Shell of Alvania pinguoides (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. pinguoides
Binomial name
Alvania pinguoides
(A. W. B. Powell, 1940)
Synonyms
  • Alvania (Linemera) pinguoides (A. W. B. Powell, 1940) · alternate representation
  • Alvinia (Linemera) pinguoides (A. W. B. Powell, 1940) (superseded combination)
  • Linemera pinguoides A. W. B. Powell, 1940 (superseded combination)

Alvania pinguoides 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 2.3 mm, its diameter 1.3 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Three Kings Islands to Northland.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania pinguoides (A. W. B. Powell, 1940). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598548 on 2024-01-27
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
  • 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, Christchurch