Alvania abrupta

Alvania abrupta is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 2 mm, its diameter 1.4 mm.

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs at the Taiaroa Canyon, off Otago Peninsula

References

• Dell, R. K. (1956). The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand. Dominion Museum Bulletin. 18: 1–235.
• 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,

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