Alvania pinguoides
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- Alvania (Linemera) pinguoides (A. W. B. Powell, 1940) · alternate representation
- Alvinia (Linemera) pinguoides (A. W. B. Powell, 1940) (superseded combination)
- Linemera pinguoides A. W. B. Powell, 1940 (superseded combination)
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Alvania pinguoides is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania pinguoides (A. W. B. Powell, 1940). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598548 on 2024-01-27
Description
The length of the shell attains 2.3 mm, its diameter 1.3 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Three Kings Islands to Northland.
References
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- 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
External links
- [https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TPRSNZ1940-70.2.6.18 Powell, A. W. B. (1940). The marine Mollusca of the Aupourian Province, New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 70: 205-248]
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