Alvania abrupta

Alvania abrupta
Shell of Alvania abrupta (specimen at the Museum of New Zealand)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. abrupta
Binomial name
Alvania abrupta (Dell, 1956)
Synonyms
Alvania (Linemera) abrupta(Dell, 1956) · alternate representation Alvinia (Linemera) abrupta(Dell, 1956) · unaccepted Linemera abruptaDell, 1956 · unaccepted (superseded combination)

Alvania abrupta 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 mm, its diameter 1.4 mm.

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs at the Taiaroa Canyon, off Otago Peninsula

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania abrupta (Dell, 1956). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598542 on 2024-01-03

• Dell, R. K. (1956). The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand. Dominion Museum Bulletin. 18: 1–235.
• 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,