Alvania pinguoides is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania pinguoides (A. W. B. Powell, 1940). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598548 on 2024-01-27
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.
References
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 Powell, A. W. B. (1940). The marine Mollusca of the Aupourian Province, New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 70: 205-248