Alvania aupouria is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Alvania aupouria
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. aupouria
Binomial name
Alvania aupouria
(A. W. B. Powell, 1937)
Synonyms
  • Alvania (Linemera) aupouria (A. W. B. Powell, 1937) · alternate representation
  • Alvinia (Linemera) aupouria (A. W. B. Powell, 1937) (superseded combination)
  • Haurakia aupouria A. W. B. Powell, 1937 (superseded combination)
  • Pusillina (Haurakia) aupouria (A. W. B. Powell, 1937) (superseded combination)
  • Pusillina aupouria (A. W. B. Powell, 1937) (superseded combination)

Description

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The length of the shell attains 2.05 mm, its diameter 1.25 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Three Kings Islands

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania aupouria (A. W. B. Powell, 1937). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598543 on 2024-01-17
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press,
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