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Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoidae (Family)
> Alvania (Genus)
> semireticulata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Alvania (Linemera) Finlay, 1924 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Aclis semireticulata Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Pusillina (Haurakia) semireticulata (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
=Pusillina semireticulata (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Images: Alvania semireticulata (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Holotype of Aclis semireticulata (Murdoch & Suter, 1906), collected 22 Jan 1904, E of Great Barrier Island, NZ (M.001681). ~3.3mm. © 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)
> semireticulata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Alvania (Linemera) Finlay, 1924 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Aclis semireticulata Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Pusillina (Haurakia) semireticulata (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
=Pusillina semireticulata (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Details: Alvania semireticulata (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Size/Grows to:
Height 3.3mm, Width 1.7mm
Distribution:
North Island and Chatham Rise
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)
  • Murdoch, R., Suter, H. 1906 Results of dredging on the continental shelf of New Zealand., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 38 (p.294) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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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