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Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoidae (Family)
> Alvania (Genus)
> solitaria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Alvania (Linemera) Finlay, 1924 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Alvania (Linemera) solitaria (Dell, 1956) accepted, alternate representation
=Alvinia (Linemera) solitaria (Dell, 1956)
=Linemera solitaria Dell, 1956
Images: Alvania solitaria (Dell, 1956)
Holotype of Linemera solitaria, collected 01 Feb 1954, E of Forty Fours, NZ (M.009293). 2.3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
RISSOIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Rissoidae (Family)
> Alvania (Genus)
> solitaria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Alvania (Linemera) Finlay, 1924 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Alvania (Linemera) solitaria (Dell, 1956) accepted, alternate representation
=Alvinia (Linemera) solitaria (Dell, 1956)
=Linemera solitaria Dell, 1956
Details: Alvania solitaria (Dell, 1956)
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.4mm, Width 1.3mm
Distribution:
Off Chatham Islands, trawled in approximately 240 metres
Geographical Range:
ME.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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