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Alvania maclurgi

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Alvania maclurgi
Shell of Alvania maclurgi (specimen at the Museum of New Zealand)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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  • Alvinia (Linemera) maclurgi (A. W. B. Powell, 1933) (superseded combination)
  • Linemera maclurgi A. W. B. Powell, 1933 (superseded combination)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]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 1.8 m, its diameter 1.05 mm.

Distribution

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This species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Chatham Island and Bounty Island.

References

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  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
  • Powell, A. W. B. (1933). "The Marine Mollusca of the Chatham Islands". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 1: 181–208. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42905950. Wikidata Q58676558.
  • 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.