Alvania solitaria

Alvania solitaria
Shell of Alvania solitaria (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. solitaria
Binomial name
Alvania solitaria (Dell, 1956)
Synonyms
Alvania (Linemera) solitaria(Dell, 1956) · alternate representation Alvinia (Linemera) solitaria(Dell, 1956) (superseded combination) Linemera solitariaDell, 1956 (superseded combination)

Alvania solitaria 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 2.4mm, its diameter 1.3mm.

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off the Chatham Islands.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania solitaria (Dell, 1956). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598549 on 2024-01-10

• 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,