Alvania

Alvania
Alvania clathrella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania Risso, 1826
Type species
Alvania cimex (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Acinopsis Monterosato, 1884 Acinulus Monterosato [in Seguenza], 1903 Acinus Monterosato, 1884 Actonia Monterosato, 1884 Alcidia Monterosato, 1890 † (invalid: junior homonym of Alcidia Westwood, 1879 [Lepidoptera]; Alcidiella is a replacement name) Alcidiella Cossmann, 1921 † Alvania (Coronalvania) F. Nordsieck, 1972 Alvania (Linemera) Finlay, 1924 Alvaniella Monterosato [in Sacco], 1895 Alvanolira F. Nordsieck, 1972 Alvinia Monterosato, 1884 Ameririssoa Ponder, 1985 Andrewiella F. Nordsieck, 1972 Arsenia Monterosato, 1891 Conalvinia Ponder, 1967 Flemellia Nordsieck, 1972 Galeodina Monterosato, 1884 Lanciella F. Nordsieck, 1972 Linemera Finlay, 1924 Manzonia (Alvinia) Monterosato, 1884 Massotia Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884 Moniziella Nordsieck, 1972 Thapsia Monterosato, 1884 (invalid: junior homonym of Thapsia Albers, 1860; Thapsiella is a replacement name) Thapsiella P. Fischer, 1885 Turbona Leach [in Gray], 1847 Zacanthusa Leach, 1852

Alvania is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae.

These marine species can be found worldwide (except in the Antarctic and Subantarctic regions).

Species within the genus Alvania include:

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