Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Rissooidea > Family Rissoidae

Alvania Risso, 1826

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Alcidia*	Monterosato, 1890	later homonym; nom. inval.
*Acinopsis*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Acinus*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Alcidia*	Monterosato, 1890	synonym; nom. inval.
*Alvania (Moniziella)*	Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Alvinia*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Galeodina*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Manzonia (Alvinia)*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Massotia*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884	synonym
*Moniziella*	Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Turbona*	Leach [in Gray], 1847	synonym

Children

Alvania aartseni Verduin, 1986
Alvania abstersa van der Linden & van Aartsen, 1994
Alvania adiaphoros Bouchet & Warén, 1993
Alvania adinogramma Bouchet & Warén, 1993
Alvania aeoliae Palazzi, 1988
Alvania alboranensis Peñas & Rolán, 2006
Alvania algeriana (Monterosato, 1877)
Alvania amatii Oliverio, 1986
Alvania angioyi van Aartsen, 1982
Alvania angularis Warén, 1996
Alvania aspera (Philippi, 1844)
Alvania aurantiaca (Watson, 1873)
Alvania balearica Oliver & Templado, 2009
Alvania basteriae (Moolenbeek & Faber, 1986)
Alvania beanii (Hanley in Thorpe, 1844)
Alvania bicingulata (Seguenza L., 1903)
Alvania canariensis (d'Orbigny, 1840)
Alvania cancapae Bouchet & Warén, 1993
Alvania cancellata (da Costa, 1778)
Alvania carinata (da Costa, 1778)
Alvania cimex (Linnaeus, 1758)
Alvania cimicoides (Forbes, 1844)
Alvania cingulata (Philippi, 1836)
Alvania clarae Nofroni & Pizzini, 1991
Alvania clathrella (Seguenza L., 1903)
Alvania claudioi Buzzurro & Landini, 2007
Alvania colossophilus Oberling, 1970
Alvania corona Nordsieck, 1972
Alvania coseli Gofas, 1999
Alvania dalmatica Buzzurro & Prkic, 2007
Alvania datchaensis Amati & Oliverio, 1987
Alvania dianiensis Oliverio, 1988
Alvania dictyophora (Philippi, 1844)
Alvania dijkstrai Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998
Alvania dipacoi Giusti Fr. & Nofroni, 1989
Alvania discors (Allan, 1818)
Alvania disparilis Monterosato, 1890
Alvania dorbignyi (Audouin, 1826)
Alvania electa (Monterosato, 1874)
Alvania elegantissima (Monterosato, 1875)
Alvania elenae Gofas, 2007
Alvania elisae Margelli, 2001
Alvania euchila (Watson, 1886)
Alvania fischeri (Jeffreys, 1884)
Alvania formicarum Gofas, 1989
Alvania fractospira (Oberling, 1970)
Alvania freitasi Segers, Swinnen & De Prins, 2009
Alvania funiculata Gofas, 2007
Alvania gagliniae Amati, 1985
Alvania garrafensis Peñas & Rolán, 2008
Alvania geryonia (Nardo, 1847)
Alvania grancanariensis Segers, 1999
Alvania guancha Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1989
Alvania hallgassi Amati & Oliverio, 1985
Alvania harrietae Segers, Swinnen & De Prins, 2009
Alvania hirta (Monterosato, 1884)
Alvania hispidula (Monterosato, 1884)
Alvania hyerensis Gofas, 2007
Alvania imperspicua (Pallary, 1920)
Alvania incognita Warén, 1996
Alvania internodula Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998
Alvania jeffreysi (Waller, 1864)
Alvania johannae Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1998
Alvania joseae Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998
Alvania josefoi Oliver & Templado, 2009
Alvania lactea (Michaud, 1830)
Alvania lamellata Dautzenberg, 1889
Alvania lanciae (Calcara, 1845)
Alvania leacocki (Watson, 1873)
Alvania liesjeae Segers, Swinnen & De Prins, 2009
Alvania lineata Risso, 1826
Alvania litoralis (Nordsieck, 1972)
Alvania lucinae Oberling, 1970
Alvania macandrewi (Manzoni, 1868)
Alvania macella Gofas, 2007
Alvania mamillata Risso, 1826
Alvania marchadi Gofas, 1999
Alvania mediolittoralis Gofas, 1989
Alvania micropilosa Gofas, 2007
Alvania microstriata Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998
Alvania microtuberculata Gofas, 2007
Alvania moerchi (Collin, 1886)
Alvania moniziana (Watson, 1873)
Alvania monserratensis Baker, Hanna & Strong, 1930
Alvania multiquadrata van der Linden & Wagner, 1989
Alvania nestaresi Oliverio & Amati, 1990
Alvania nonsculpta Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998
Alvania oliverioi Buzzurro, 2003
Alvania pagodula (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884)
Alvania parvula (Jeffreys, 1884)
Alvania piersmai Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1989
Alvania platycephala Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896
Alvania porcupinae Gofas & Warén, 1982
Alvania poucheti Dautzenberg, 1889
Alvania pseudoareolata Warén, 1974
Alvania pseudosyngenes Warén, 1973
Alvania punctura (Montagu, 1803)
Alvania renei Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998
Alvania rudis (Philippi, 1844)
Alvania scabra (Philippi, 1844)
Alvania schwartziana Brusina, 1866
Alvania scrobiculata (Møller, 1842)
Alvania sculptilis (Monterosato, 1877)
Alvania seinensis Gofas, 2007
Alvania settepassii Amati & Nofroni, 1985
Alvania simulans Locard, 1886
Alvania sleursi (Amati, 1987)
Alvania slieringsi Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998
Alvania sororcula Granata-Grillo, 1877
Alvania spinosa (Monterosato, 1890)
Alvania stenolopha Bouchet & Warén, 1993
Alvania subareolata Monterosato, 1869
Alvania subcalathus (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906)
Alvania subcrenulata (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884)
Alvania subsoluta (Aradas, 1847)
Alvania suroiti Gofas, 2007
Alvania tarsodes (Watson, 1886)
Alvania tenera (Philippi, 1844)
Alvania tessellata Schwartz in Weinkauff, 1868
Alvania testae (Aradas & Maggiore, 1844)
Alvania tomentosa (Pallary, 1920)
Alvania vermaasi van Aartsen, 1975
Alvania verrilli (Friele, 1886)
Alvania villarii Micali, Tisselli & Giunchi, 2005
Alvania wareni (Templado & Rolán, 1986)
Alvania watsoni (Schwartz in Watson, 1873)
Alvania weinkauffi Schwartz in Weinkauff, 1868
Alvania zetlandica (Montagu, 1815)
Alvania zoderi Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998
Alvania zylensis Gofas & Warén, 1982

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: traliedrijfhorens

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Ponder W. F. (1985) A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum supplement 4: 1-221. [12 February 1985]
subsequent type designation	Nevill G. 1885. Hand list of mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). Calcutta, x + 306 pp.

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Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Alvania Risso, 1826. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138439