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Alvania Risso 1826

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Genus Alvania Risso, 1826

Type species. Alvania europea Risso, 1826, subsequent designation by Nevill, 1885 (5 Alvania cimex (Linne´, 1758)).

The genus Alvania is here taken in a very broad sense, as a catchall genus for species of Rissoidae having both spiral and axial sculpture on the shell, until some phylogeny is unravelled. This is a difficult task in this speciose group, and requires a broader geographic scope. Most characters currently considered for species definition are highly liable to convergence.

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Published as part of Gofas, Serge, 2007, Rissoidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from northeast Atlantic seamounts, pp. 779-885 in Journal of Natural History 41 (13 - 16) on page 789, DOI: 10.1080/00222930701298085, http://zenodo.org/record/5229647

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Biodiversity

Family
Rissoidae
Genus
Alvania
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Littorinimorpha
Phylum
Mollusca
Scientific name authorship
Risso
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Alvania Risso, 1826 sec. Gofas, 2007