Alvania maclurgi

Alvania maclurgi
Shell of Alvania maclurgi (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. maclurgi
Binomial name
Alvania maclurgi (A. W. B. Powell, 1933)
Synonyms
Alvania (Linemera) maclurgi (A. W. B. Powell, 1933) · alternate representation Alvinia (Linemera) maclurgi (A. W. B. Powell, 1933) (superseded combination) Linemera maclurgi A. W. B. Powell, 1933 (superseded combination)

Alvania maclurgi is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Rissoidae.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 1.8 m, its diameter 1.05 mm.

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Chatham Island and Bounty Island.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania maclurgi (A. W. B. Powell, 1933). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598546 on 2024-01-25

• Powell, A. W. B. (1933). "The Marine Mollusca of the Chatham Islands". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 1: 181–208. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42905950. Wikidata Q58676558.
• 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.