Alvania

Not to be confused with Albania.

Alvania
Alvania clathrella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Risso, 1826[1]
Type species
Alvania europea Risso, 1826
Species

See text

Synonyms[2]
  • Acinopsis Monterosato, 1884
  • Acinulus Monterosato [in Seguenza], 1903
  • Acinus Monterosato, 1884
  • Actonia Monterosato, 1884
  • Alcidia Monterosato, 1890 † (invalid: junior homonym of Alcidia Westwood, 1879 [Lepidoptera]; Alcidiella is a replacement name)
  • Alcidiella Cossmann, 1921 †
  • Alvanea (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  • Alvania (Acinulus) Seguenza, 1903 (Not sufficiently different from Alvania s.s.)
  • Alvania (Alvanolira) F. Nordsieck, 1972
  • Alvania (Alvinia) Monterosato, 1884
  • Alvania (Coronalvania) F. Nordsieck, 1972
  • Alvania (Lanciella) F. Nordsieck, 1972
  • Alvania (Linemera) Finlay, 1924
  • Alvania (Moniziella) F. Nordsieck, 1972
  • Alvania (Willetia) (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  • Alvania (Willettia) Gordon, 1939 (Willettia synonymized with Alvania)
  • Alvaniella Monterosato [in Sacco], 1895
  • Alvanolira F. Nordsieck, 1972
  • Alvinia Monterosato, 1884
  • Alvinia (Conalvinia) Ponder, 1967
  • Alvinia (Linemera) Finlay, 1924
  • Ameririssoa Ponder, 1985
  • Arsenia Monterosato, 1891
  • Conalvinia Ponder, 1967
  • Flemellia Nordsieck, 1972
  • Galeodina Monterosato, 1884
  • Linemera Finlay, 1924
  • Manzonia (Alvinia) Monterosato, 1884
  • Manzonia (Andrewiella) F. Nordsieck, 1972
  • Massotia Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884
  • Moniziella Nordsieck, 1972
  • Profundialvania Taviani, 1975
  • Pseudalvania R. Janssen, 1967
  • Pusillina (Ameririssoa) Ponder, 1985
  • Rissoa (Alvania)
  • (Alvinia) Monterosato, 1884
  • Rissoa (Galeodina) Monterosato, 1884
  • Rissoia (Alvania) Risso, 1826
  • Thapsia Monterosato, 1884 (invalid: junior homonym of Thapsia Albers, 1860; Thapsiella is a replacement name)
  • Thapsiella P. Fischer, 1885
  • Turbona Leach [in Gray], 1847
  • Turbona (Massotiella) F. Nordsieck, 1972
  • Zacanthusa Leach, 1852

Alvania is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae.[2]

They form a very diversified group within the Rissoidae family.

  1. ^ Risso A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes 4: page 140.
  2. ^ a b Alvania Risso, 1826. WoRMS (2010). Alvania Risso, 1826. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138439 on 25 July 2012 .