Alvinia

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

Alvinia
Alvinia gradatoides
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

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:

  • Alvinia aequisculpta (Keep, 1887): synonym of Alvania aequisculpta Keep, 1887
  • Alvinia albolirata (Carpenter, 1864): synonym of Lirobarleeia albolirata (Carpenter, 1864)
  • Alvinia almo (Bartsch, 1911): synonym of Alvania almo Bartsch, 1911
  • Alvinia clarionensis (Bartsch, 1911): synonym of Lirobarleeia clarionensis (Bartsch, 1911)
  • Alvinia contrerasi (Jordan, 1936): synonym of Lapsigyrus mutans (Carpenter, 1857)
  • Alvinia cosmia (Bartsch, 1911): synonym of Alvania cosmia Bartsch, 1911
  • Alvinia dictyophora (Philippi 1844): synonym of Alvania dictyophora (Philippi, 1844)
  • Alvinia electrina (Carpenter, 1864): synonym of Lirobarleeia electrina (Carpenter, 1864)
  • Alvinia epima (Dall & Simpson, 1901): synonym of Manzonia epima (Dall & Simpson, 1901)
  • Alvinia galapagensis (Bartsch, 1911): synonym of Lirobarleeia galapagensis (Bartsch, 1911)
  • Alvinia gallinacea (Finlay, 1930): synonym of Alvania gallinacea (Finlay, 1930)
  • Alvinia gradatoides (Finlay, 1930): synonym of Alvania gradatoides (Finlay, 1930)
  • Alvinia granti (Strong, 1938): synonym of Lirobarleeia granti (Strong, 1938)
  • Alvinia halia (Bartsch, 1911): synonym of Alvania halia Bartsch, 1911
  • Alvinia hoodensis (Bartsch, 1911): synonym of Lirobarleeia hoodensis (Bartsch, 1911)
  • Alvinia ima (Bartsch, 1911): synonym of Alvania ima Bartsch, 1911
  • Alvinia inconspicua (C. B. Adams, 1852): synonym of Alvania monserratensis Baker, Hanna & Strong, 1930
  • Alvinia ingrami (Hertlein & Strong, 1951): synonym of Lirobarleeia ingrami (Hertlein & Strong, 1951)
  • Alvinia lara (Bartsch, 1911): synonym of Lirobarleeia lara (Bartsch, 1911)
  • Alvinia milleriana Carpenter, 1951: synonym of Lapsigyrus mutans (Carpenter, 1857)
  • Alvinia moniziana (Watson, 1873): synonym of Alvania moniziana (Watson, 1873)
  • Alvinia monserratensis (Baker, Hanna & Strong, 1930): synonym of Alvania monserratensis Baker, Hanna & Strong, 1930
  • Alvinia mutans (Carpenter, 1857): synonym of Lapsigyrus mutans (Carpenter, 1857)
  • Alvinia myriosirissa (Shasky, 1970): synonym of Lapsigyrus myriosirissa Shasky, 1970
  • Alvinia nemo (Bartsch, 1911): synonym of Lirobarleeia nemo (Bartsch, 1911)
  • Alvinia perlata (Mørch, 1860): synonym of Lirobarleeia perlata (Mörch, 1860)
  • Alvinia profundicola (Bartsch, 1911): synonym of Alvania profundicola Bartsch, 1911
  • Alvinia purpurea (Dall, 1871): synonym of Alvania purpurea Dall, 1871
  • Alvinia tumida (Carpenter, 1857): synonym of Alvania tumida Carpenter, 1857
  • Alvinia veleronis (Hertlein & Strong, 1939): synonym of Lirobarleeia veleronis (Hertlein & Strong, 1939)
  • Alvinia weinkauffi (Weinkauff, 1868): synonym of Alvania weinkauffi Weinkauff, 1868
  • Alvinia zetlandica Montagu, 1815: synonym of Alvania zetlandica (Montagu, 1815)

References
  1. Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Palermo, Virzi pp. 152 [month of publication unknown, but later than February (the paper in Naturalista Siciliano, cited p. 57); copy in Smithsonian Institution bears manuscript note "after August"]
  2. Gofas, S. (2012). Alvinia Monterosato, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine * At http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574680 on 18 June 2012


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