| Alvania maclurgi | |
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| Shell of Alvania maclurgi (specimen at the Museum of New Zealand) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. maclurgi |
| Binomial name | |
| Alvania maclurgi (A. W. B. Powell, 1933) | |
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Alvania maclurgi is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Rissoidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 1.8 m, its diameter 1.05 mm.
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Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Chatham Island and Bounty Island.
References
- MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania maclurgi (A. W. B. Powell, 1933). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598546 on 2024-01-25
- Powell, A. W. B. (1933). "The Marine Mollusca of the Chatham Islands". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 1: 181–208. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42905950. Wikidata Q58676558.
- 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, Christchurch.
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