Alvania abrupta | |
---|---|
Shell of Alvania abrupta (specimen at the Museum of New Zealand) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
Family: | Rissoidae |
Genus: | Alvania |
Species: | A. abrupta
|
Binomial name | |
Alvania abrupta (Dell, 1956)
| |
Synonyms | |
|
Alvania abrupta is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae. [1]
The length of the shell attains 2 mm, its diameter 1.4 mm.
This section needs expansion. You can help by
adding to it. (January 2024) |
This species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs at the Taiaroa Canyon, off Otago Peninsula