Alvania bounteyensis

Alvania bounteyensis
Shell of Alvania bounteyensis (specimen at the Museum of New Zealand)
Scientific 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bountyensis (Dell, 1950) · alternate representation Alvinia (Linemera) bountyensis (Dell, 1950) · unaccepted (superseded combination) Haurakia bountyensis Dell, 1950 · unaccepted (superseded combination)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 small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.^[1]

Description

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

Distribution

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

References

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,