Alvinia Monterosato, 1884 
AphiaID: 574680

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Mollusca > Gastropoda > Caenogastropoda > Littorinimorpha > Rissooidea > Rissoidae > Rissoinae

Status		unaccepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Alvania Risso, 1826
Rank		Genus
Parent		Rissoinae Gray, 1847
Source		original description: Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711 page(s): 60 [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Alvinia zetlandica Montagu, 1815 accepted as Alvania zetlandica (Montagu, 1815)
Environment		marine
Link		To ITIS
Notes		Taxonomy: Considered sometimes as a separate genus but ere merged with Alvania until a consistent pylogenetic sceme emerges for the whole group.  [details] Type designation: Type species Alvania weimkauffi Weinkauff, 1868, subsequent designation by Crosse, 1885 in book review [details]
Image		[image from typetaxon] Alvania weinkauffi Weinkauff, 1868 pecimen from Isla de Alborán (actual size 2.8 mm). added on 2013-02-14 - author: Gofas, Serge qualitystatus: checked by Gofas, Serge on 2013-02-14 11:41:15
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:574680
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2011-06-30 11:10:16Z   created   Tran, Bastien 2012-01-20 21:41:44Z   changed   Gofas, Serge 2012-06-27 20:15:20Z   changed   Gofas, Serge
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		Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Alvinia Monterosato, 1884. Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2013) Canadian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574680 on 2013-05-19