Alvania (Alvania) Risso 1826 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae

Synonyms: Alvania (Profundialvania) Taviani 1975, Alvania (Pseudalvania) Janssen 1967, Profundialvania Taviani 1975, Pseudalvania Janssen 1967

Parent taxon: Alvania according to O. Mandic and F. F. Steininger 2003

See also Harzhauser 2002, Marquet 1997, Ponder 1984, Rosenberg et al. 2006, Sepkoski 2002 and Vera-Peláez et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Alvania (Alcidiella), Alvania (Arsenia), Alvania (Galeodina), Alvania (Linemera), Alvania (Turbona), Alvania andraldensis, Alvania antwerpiensis, Alvania argillensis, Alvania aturensis, Alvania boucherti, Alvania cancellata, Alvania cimicoides, Alvania cioppii, Alvania discazalorum, Alvania europea, Alvania falsimerelina, Alvania foraminata, Alvania fossilis, Alvania granosa, Alvania hauniensis, Alvania hortensis, Alvania mighelsi, Alvania oceani, Alvania pagodula, Alvania parazosta, Alvania pedroana, Alvania riparia, Alvania sanctipaulensis, Alvania scrobiculata, Alvania stephanensis, Alvania sublagouardensis, Alvania veleronis, Alvania virodunensis

Subtaxa: Alvania (Alvania) beani Alvania (Alvania) dingdensis Alvania (Alvania) simonsi Alvania (Alvania) whitleyi

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection), Venezuela (1)

• Pliocene of Belgium (2), Italy (4), Venezuela (3)

• Miocene of Austria (1), France (1), Germany (13), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (2), Slovakia (3), Turkey (2), Ukraine (1)

Total: 35 collections including 57 occurrences

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