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Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoidae (Family)
> Alvania (Genus)
> venusta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Alvania (Linemera) Finlay, 1924 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Alvania (Linemera) venusta (Powell, 1926) accepted, alternate representation
=Alvinia (Linemera) venusta (Powell, 1926)
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Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoidae (Family)
> Alvania (Genus)
> venusta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Alvania (Linemera) Finlay, 1924 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Alvania (Linemera) venusta (Powell, 1926) accepted, alternate representation
=Alvinia (Linemera) venusta (Powell, 1926)
Details: Alvania venusta (Powell, 1926)
Size/Grows to:
Height 3.0mm, Width 1.5mm
Distribution:
Off Lyttelton and off Chatham Rise
Geographical Range:
CM
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. 1926 Mollusca from 100 fathoms off Lyttelton, with descriptions of four new species, and also a new Pliocene fossil. Scientific Results of the New Zealand Government Trawling Expedition, 1907, Records of the Canterbury Museum, 3 (p.46) Original Description

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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil