Alvinia

Alvinia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda

clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha

Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvinia
Monterosato, 1884 [1]
Type species
Alvania weinkauffi Weinkauff, 1868
Synonyms[2]
  • Flemellia Nordsieck, 1972
  • Moniziella Nordsieck, 1972

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

This genus has become a synonym of Alvania Risso, 1826. But it is still considered sometimes as a separate genus. It has been merged with Alvania until a consistent phylogenetic scheme emerges for the whole group.[2]

Species

Species in the genus Alvinia used to include:

References