Alvania abrupta

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Alvania abrupta
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Shell of Alvania abrupta (specimen at the Museum of New Zealand)
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Domain: Eukaryota
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  • Linemera abruptaDell, 1956 · unaccepted (superseded combination)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 minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae. [1]

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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

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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