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aupouria (A. W. B. Powell, 1937) · alternate representation Alvinia (Linemera) aupouria (A. W. B. Powell, 1937) (superseded combination) Haurakia aupouria A. W. B. Powell, 1937 (superseded combination) Pusillina (Haurakia) aupouria (A. W. B. Powell, 1937) (superseded combination) Pusillina aupouria (A. W. B. Powell, 1937) (superseded combination)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

Description

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

Distribution

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

References

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,

External links

• Powell, A. W. B. (1937). New species of marine Mollusca from New Zealand. Discovery Reports. 15: 153–222, pls 45–56. [

• Alvania
• Gastropods described in 1937
• Gastropods of New Zealand