Alvania maclurgi

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Alvania maclurgi
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Shell of Alvania maclurgi (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. 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  • Alvinia (Linemera) maclurgi(A. W. B. Powell, 1933) (superseded combination)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 maclurgiA. W. B. Powell, 1933 (superseded combination)

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

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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.

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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