Alvania aupouria is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
Alvania aupouria | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
Family: | Rissoidae |
Genus: | Alvania |
Species: | A. aupouria
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Binomial name | |
Alvania aupouria (A. W. B. Powell, 1937)
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Synonyms | |
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 2.05 mm, its diameter 1.25 mm.
Distribution edit
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Three Kings Islands
References edit
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania aupouria (A. W. B. Powell, 1937). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598543 on 2024-01-17
- 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,