| Alvania pinguoides | |
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| Shell of Alvania pinguoides (specimen at the Museum of New Zealand) | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. pinguoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvania pinguoides (A. W. B. Powell, 1940)
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| Synonyms | |
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Alvania pinguoides is a species of minute 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.
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Distribution
This species occurs is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Three Kings Islands to Northland.
References
- ^ 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
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| Alvania pinguoides | |
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| Shell of Alvania pinguoides (specimen at the Museum of New Zealand) | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. pinguoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvania pinguoides (A. W. B. Powell, 1940)
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| Synonyms | |
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Alvania pinguoides is a species of minute 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.
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| This section needs expansion. You can help by
adding to it. (January 2024) |
Distribution
This species occurs is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Three Kings Islands to Northland.
References
- ^ 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