Alvania gallinacea
Introduction '''''Alvania gallinacea''''' is a species of minute sea snail with an operculum, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.
Distribution * This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Northland offshore Islands.
Original description ''Alvania gallinacea'' was originally discovered and described as ''Linemera gallinacea'' by Harold John Finlay in 1930.Finlay's original text (the type description) reads as follows:
References This article incorporates public domain text coming from New Zealand from reference. * 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.
External links * http://www.mollusca.co.nz/speciesdetail.php?speciesid=619&species=Alvinia%20(Linemera)%20gallinacea