Alvania venusta

Alvania venusta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. venusta
Binomial name
Alvania venusta (A. W. B. Powell, 1926)
Synonyms
Alvania (Linemera) venusta(A. W. B. Powell, 1926) · alternate representation Alvinia (Linemera) venusta(A. W. B. Powell, 1926) (superseded combination) Haurakia venustaA. W. B. Powell, 1926 (superseded combination)

Alvania venusta 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 3 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Lyttelton and off Chatham Rise.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania venusta (A. W. B. Powell, 1926). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598550 on 2024-01-31

• Powell, A. W. B. (1926). Mollusca from 100 fathoms off Lyttelton, with descriptions of four new species, and also a new Pliocene fossil. Scientific Results of the New Zealand Government Trawling Expedition, 1907. Records of the Canterbury Museum. 3: 43–50
• Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
• 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, Christchurch.