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Alvania pinguoides

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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  • Alvinia (Linemera) pinguoides (A. W. B. Powell, 1940) (superseded combination)
  • Linemera pinguoides A. W. B. Powell, 1940 (superseded combination)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 minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 2.3 mm, its diameter 1.3 mm.

Distribution

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

References

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  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
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