Alvinia
| Alvinia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: |
Gastropoda
clade Caenogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: |
Alvinia Monterosato, 1884 |
| Type species | |
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Alvania weinkauffi Weinkauff, 1868 |
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| Synonyms | |
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clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Alvinia is a genus of minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae.
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.
Species in the genus Alvinia used to include:
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