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Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoidae (Family)
> Alvania (Genus)
> bountyensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Alvania (Linemera) Finlay, 1924 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Alvania (Linemera) bountyensis (Dell, 1950) accepted, alternate representation
=Alvinia (Linemera) bountyensis (Dell, 1950)
=Haurakia bountyensis Dell, 1950
Images: Alvania bountyensis (Dell, 1950)
Holotype of Haurakia bountyensis Dell, 1950, collected 1907, Bounty Islands, NZ (M.004724). 1.9mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoidae (Family)
> Alvania (Genus)
> bountyensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Alvania (Linemera) Finlay, 1924 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Alvania (Linemera) bountyensis (Dell, 1950) accepted, alternate representation
=Alvinia (Linemera) bountyensis (Dell, 1950)
=Haurakia bountyensis Dell, 1950
Details: Alvania bountyensis (Dell, 1950)
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.15mm, Width 1.2mm
Distribution:
Bounty Islands
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.96)
  • Dell, R.K. 1950 Notes on the taxonomy and distribution of some New Zealand Mollusca with description of four new species, Dominion Museum Records in Zoology, 1(3) (p.24) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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