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Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoidae (Family)
> Alvania (Genus)
> maclurgi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Alvania (Linemera) Finlay, 1924 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Alvania (Linemera) maclurgi (Powell, 1933) accepted, alternate representation
=Alvinia (Linemera) maclurgi (Powell, 1933)
=Linemera maclurgi Powell, 1933
Images: Alvania maclurgi (Powell, 1933)
Holotype, collected in 18 metres, off Owenga, Chatham Islands, NZ (MA70404). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoidae (Family)
> Alvania (Genus)
> maclurgi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Alvania (Linemera) Finlay, 1924 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Alvania (Linemera) maclurgi (Powell, 1933) accepted, alternate representation
=Alvinia (Linemera) maclurgi (Powell, 1933)
=Linemera maclurgi Powell, 1933
Details: Alvania maclurgi (Powell, 1933)
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.8mm, Width 1.05mm
Distribution:
Bounty Islands, Chatham Islands and Mernoo Bank
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.97)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1933 The marine Mollusca of the Chatham Islands, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 1 (p.202) 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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