| Alviniconcha | |
|---|---|
| Two preserved specimens of Alviniconcha hessleri | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Abyssochrysoidea |
| Family: | Provannidae |
| Genus: | Alviniconcha |
Alviniconcha is a genus of deep water sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Provannidae.
These snails are part of the fauna of the hydrothermal vents.
These are the only known existing animals whose nutrition is derived from an endosymbiotic relationship with proteobacteria.
Species within the genus Alviniconcha include: