Alvania pinguoides
Species of gastropod
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Alvania pinguoides is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
| Alvania pinguoides | |
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| Shell of Alvania pinguoides (specimen at the Museum of New Zealand) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. pinguoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Alvania pinguoides (A. W. B. Powell, 1940) | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 2.3 mm, its diameter 1.3 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Three Kings Islands to Northland.