Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Rissooidea > Family Rissoidae > Genus Alvania

Alvania lactea (Michaud, 1830)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Rissoa Desmarest, 1814

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Alvania*	Risso, 1826	accepted genus name
*Alcidia*	Monterosato, 1890	junior homonym
*Thapsia*	Monterosato, 1884	junior homonym
*Acinopsis*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Acinus*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Actonia*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Alvania (Acinulus)*	L. Seguenza, 1903	synonym
*Alvania (Acinus)*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Alvania (Actonia)*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Alvania (Alcidia)*	Monterosato, 1890	synonym
*Alvania (Alcidiella)*	Cossmann, 1921	synonym
*Alvania (Alvaniella)*	Sacco, 1895	synonym
*Alvania (Alvanolira)*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Alvania (Alvinia)*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Alvania (Arsenia)*	Monterosato, 1891	synonym
*Alvania (Coronalvania)*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Alvania (Flemellia)*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Alvania (Lanciella)*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Alvania (Moniziella)*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Alvinia*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Apicularia (Thapsiella)*	P. Fischer, 1885	synonym
*Arsenia*	Monterosato, 1891	synonym
*Flemellia*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Galeodina*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Manzonia (Alvinia)*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Manzonia (Andrewiella)*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Massotia*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884	synonym
*Moniziella*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Rissoa (Alcidia)*	Monterosato, 1890	synonym
*Rissoa (Alvania)*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Rissoa (Alvinia)*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Rissoa (Arsenia)*	Monterosato, 1891	synonym
*Rissoa (Galeodina)*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Rissoia (Alvania)*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Thapsiella*	P. Fischer, 1885	synonym
*Turboella (Thapsiella)*	P. Fischer, 1885	synonym
*Turbona*	Leach, 1847	synonym
*Turbona (Massotiella)*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym

Species group names

*Massotia dajerleini*	Monterosato, 1889	synonym
*Massotia textilis*	(R. A. Philippi, 1844) sensu V. Anistratenko, 1995	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: melkwit drijfhorentje; wit drijfhorentje sources: Adema, J.P.H.M.; de Bruyne, R.H.; Perk, F.A. (1989). Preliminary name list of marine molluscs and shells, regularly washed ashore along the coasts of the Netherlands and Belgium [Voorlopige naamlijst van de mariene mollusken en de regelmatig langs de kust van Nederland en België aangespoelde schelpensoorten]. De Strandvlo 9(2): 49-59;Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.

English: milk-white risso; milky white spire shell sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Milchweiße Kleinschnecke

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Alvania lactea (Michaud, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141203