Alvania aupouria

Alvania aupouria
Scientific classification
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aupouria (A. W. B. Powell, 1937) · alternate representation; Alvinia (Linemera) aupouria (A. W. B. Powell, 1937) (superseded combination); Haurakia aupouria A. W. B. Powell, 1937 (superseded combination); Pusillina (Haurakia) aupouria (A. W. B. Powell, 1937) (superseded combination); Pusillina aupouria (A. W. B. Powell, 1937) (superseded combination);

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

Description

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

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

^ 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,