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Species List for Genus: Alvania
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Rissooidea (Superfamily) > Rissoidae (Family) > Alvania (Genus)
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  • Genus: Alvania

  • Alvania abrupta (Dell, 1956)
    Height 2mm, Width 1.4mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    South-eastern South Island as far north as Oamaru, and Auckland, Campbell and Antipodes Islands
  • Alvania aupouria (Powell, 1937)
    Height 2.05mm, Width 1.25mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex Bank and Three Kings Islands
  • Alvania bountyensis (Dell, 1950)
    Height 2.15mm, Width 1.2mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Bounty Islands
  • Alvania exserta (Suter, 1908)
    Height 2.6mm, Width 1.6mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    South-eastern South Island, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes Islands, and Pukaki Rise
  • Alvania gallinacea (Finlay, 1930)
    Height 3.5mm, Width 1.7mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North-eastern North Island
  • Alvania gradatoides (Finlay, 1930)
    Height 3.0mm, Width 1.6mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    South-eastern South Island
  • Alvania kermadecensis (W.R.B. Oliver, 1915)
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Kermadec Islands
  • Alvania maclurgi (Powell, 1933)
    Height 1.8mm, Width 1.05mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Bounty Islands, Chatham Islands and Mernoo Bank
  • Alvania pinguis (Webster, 1906)
    Height 2mm, Width 1.25mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Northern North Island as far south-east as East Cape
  • Alvania pinguoides (Powell, 1940)
    Height 2.3mm, Width 1.3mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Cape Reinga
  • Alvania semireticulata (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
    Height 3.3mm, Width 1.7mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North Island and Chatham Rise
  • Alvania solitaria (Dell, 1956)
    Height 2.4mm, Width 1.3mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Chatham Islands
  • Alvania venusta (Powell, 1926)
    Height 3.0mm, Width 1.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Eastern South Island, Chatham Rise and Pukaki Rise
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