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Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoidae (Family)
> Alvania (Genus)
> solitaria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Alvania (Linemera) Finlay, 1924 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Alvania (Linemera) solitaria (Dell, 1956) accepted, alternate representation
=Alvinia (Linemera) solitaria (Dell, 1956)
=Linemera solitaria Dell, 1956
Images: Alvania solitaria (Dell, 1956)
Holotype of Linemera solitaria, collected 01 Feb 1954, E of Forty Fours, NZ (M.009293). 2.3mm. © 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)
> solitaria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Alvania (Linemera) Finlay, 1924 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Alvania (Linemera) solitaria (Dell, 1956) accepted, alternate representation
=Alvinia (Linemera) solitaria (Dell, 1956)
=Linemera solitaria Dell, 1956
Details: Alvania solitaria (Dell, 1956)
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.4mm, Width 1.3mm
Distribution:
Chatham Islands, from 238m
Type Data:
  • 240 metres, E of Forty Fours, Chatham Islands, NZ, (holotype of Linemera solitaria Dell, 1956)
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)
  • Dell, R.K. 1956 The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand, Dominion Museum Bulletin, 18 (p.66) 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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