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

Alvania porcupinae Gofas & Warén, 1982

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Alvania*	Risso, 1826	accepted genus name
*Alcidia*	Monterosato, 1890	later homonym
*Acinopsis*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Acinus*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Alcidia*	Monterosato, 1890	synonym
*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

Species group names

*Punctulum porcupinae*	(Gofas & Warén, 1982)	synonym
*Rissoa deliciosa var. multicostata*	Jeffreys, 1884	synonym

Literature

original description	Gofas S. & Warén A. (1982). Taxonomie de quelque espèces du genre Alvania (Mollusca, Gastropoda) des côtes ibériques et marocaines. Bollettino Malacologico 18 (1-4): 1-16
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	Hoenselaar H.J. & Goud J. (1998). The Rissoidae of the CANCAP expeditions, I: the genus Alvania Risso, 1826 (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Basteria 62: 69-115

Genbank

Taxonomy

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External Links

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Citation

Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2014). Alvania porcupinae Gofas & Warén, 1982. 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:141226