Alvania bounteyensis

Alvania bounteyensis
Shell of Alvania bounteyensis (specimen at the Museum of New Zealand)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. bounteyensis
Binomial name
Alvania bounteyensis (Dell, 1950)
Synonyms
Alvania (Linemera) bountyensis(Dell, 1950) Alvinia (Linemera) bountyensis(Dell, 1950) Haurakia bountyensisDell, 1950

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 (0.085 in), its diameter 1.2 mm (0.047 in).^{[ citation needed ]}

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off the Bounty Islands.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "Alvania bountyensis (Dell, 1950)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2024-01-03.

Further reading

• 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,