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

Alvania Risso, 1826

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Alcidia Monterosato, 1890 junior homonym
Thapsia Monterosato, 1884 junior homonym; nom. inval.
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

Children

Alvania aartseni Verduin, 1986
Alvania abstersa van der Linden & van Aartsen, 1994
Alvania acida Garilli, Reitano & Scuderi, 2023
Alvania adiaphoros Bouchet & Warén, 1993
Alvania adinogramma Bouchet & Warén, 1993
Alvania aeoliae Palazzi, 1988
Alvania alboranensis Peñas & Rolán, 2006
Alvania algeriana (Monterosato, 1877)
Alvania aliceae Amati, 2014
Alvania amatii Oliverio, 1986
Alvania angioyi van Aartsen, 1982
Alvania angularis Warén, 1996
Alvania annetteae Amati, Danzelle & Devauchelle, 2018
Alvania aspera (R. A. Philippi, 1844)
Alvania asperula (Brugnone, 1880)
Alvania aurantiaca (R. B. Watson, 1873)
Alvania balearica J. D. Oliver & Templado, 2009
Alvania bartolinorum Amati & Smriglio, 2019
Alvania beanii (Hanley, 1844)
Alvania bicingulata (G. Seguenza, 1876)
Alvania bozcaadensis Tisselli & Giunchi, 2013
Alvania campanii Tisselli & Giunchi, 2013
Alvania canariensis (A. d'Orbigny, 1840)
Alvania cancapae Bouchet & Warén, 1993
Alvania cancellata (da Costa, 1778)
Alvania candasae J. D. Oliver & Gofas, 2022
Alvania carinata (da Costa, 1778)
Alvania cimex (Linnaeus, 1758)
Alvania cimicoides (Forbes, 1844)
Alvania clarae Nofroni & Pizzini, 1991
Alvania clathrella L. Seguenza, 1903
Alvania claudioi Buzzurro & Landini, 2007
Alvania colossophilus Oberling, 1970
Alvania corona F. Nordsieck, 1972
Alvania coseli Gofas, 1999
Alvania cranchiana Leach, 1852
Alvania dalmatica Buzzurro & Prkić, 2007
Alvania datchaensis Amati & Oliverio, 1987
Alvania desabatae Amati & Smriglio, 2016
Alvania dianiensis Oliverio, 1988
Alvania dictyophora (R. A. Philippi, 1844)
Alvania dijkstrai Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998
Alvania dipacoi Fr. Giusti & Nofroni, 1989
Alvania discors (T. Brown, 1818)
Alvania disparilis Monterosato, 1890
Alvania dorbignyi (Audouin, 1826)
Alvania electa (Monterosato, 1874)
Alvania elegantissima (Monterosato, 1875)
Alvania elenae Gofas, 2007
Alvania elisae Margelli, 2001
Alvania esmes Manousis, J. D. Oliver & Zaminos, 2023
Alvania euchila (R. B. Watson, 1886)
Alvania fischeri (Jeffreys, 1884)
Alvania formicarum Gofas, 1989
Alvania fractospira Oberling, 1970
Alvania freitasi Segers, Swinnen & De Prins, 2009
Alvania funiculata Gofas, 2007
Alvania garrafensis Peñas & Rolán, 2008
Alvania geronimoi Oberling, 1970
Alvania geryonia (Nardo, 1847)
Alvania glabra Leach, 1852
Alvania grancanariensis Segers, 1999
Alvania guancha Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1989
Alvania hallgassi Amati & Oliverio, 1985
Alvania harrietae Segers, Swinnen & De Prins, 2009
Alvania hirta (Monterosato, 1884)
Alvania hispidula (Monterosato, 1884)
Alvania hyerensis Gofas, 2007
Alvania imperspicua (Pallary, 1920)
Alvania incognita Warén, 1996
Alvania internodula Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998
Alvania jeffreysi (E. Waller, 1864)
Alvania johannae Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1998
Alvania joseae Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998
Alvania josefoi J. D. Oliver & Templado, 2009
Alvania lactea (Michaud, 1830)
Alvania lamellata Dautzenberg, 1889
Alvania lanciae (Calcara, 1845)
Alvania leacocki (R. B. Watson, 1873)
Alvania liesjeae Segers, Swinnen & De Prins, 2009
Alvania lineata Risso, 1826
Alvania litoralis (F. Nordsieck, 1972)
Alvania lucinae Oberling, 1970
Alvania macandrewi (Manzoni, 1868)
Alvania macella Gofas, 2007
Alvania mamillata Risso, 1826
Alvania marchadi Gofas, 1999
Alvania marmarisensis Bitlis & Öztürk, 2017
Alvania maximilicutiani Scuderi, 2014
Alvania mediolittoralis Gofas, 1989
Alvania micropilosa Gofas, 2007
Alvania microstriata Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998
Alvania microtuberculata Gofas, 2007
Alvania moerchii (Collin, 1886)
Alvania moniziana (R. B. Watson, 1873)
Alvania multiquadrata van der Linden & W. M. Wagner, 1989
Alvania nestaresi Oliverio & Amati, 1990
Alvania nonsculpta Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998
Alvania oetyliaca Amati & Chiarelli, 2017
Alvania oliverioi Buzzurro, 2003
Alvania pagodula (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884)
Alvania parvula (Jeffreys, 1884)
Alvania peloritana (Aradas & Benoit, 1874)
Alvania perversa F. Nordsieck, 1972
Alvania piersmai Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1989
Alvania pizzinii Amati, Smriglio & Oliverio, 2020
Alvania platycephala Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896
Alvania porcupinae Gofas & Warén, 1982
Alvania poucheti Dautzenberg, 1889
Alvania pseudoareolata Warén, 1974
Alvania pseudosyngenes Warén, 1973
Alvania punctura (Montagu, 1803)
Alvania renei Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998
Alvania rominae Amati, Trono & Oliverio, 2020
Alvania rudis (R. A. Philippi, 1844)
Alvania rufopunctata O. Boettger, 1892
Alvania scabra (R. A. Philippi, 1844)
Alvania schwartziana Brusina, 1866
Alvania scrobiculata (Møller, 1842)
Alvania scuderii Villari, 2017
Alvania sculptilis (Monterosato, 1877)
Alvania seinensis Gofas, 2007
Alvania settepassii Amati & Nofroni, 1985
Alvania skylla Tisselli & Micali, 2023
Alvania sleursi (Amati, 1987)
Alvania slieringsi Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998
Alvania sororcula (Granata Grillo, 1877)
Alvania spinosa (Monterosato, 1890)
Alvania stenolopha Bouchet & Warén, 1993
Alvania subareolata Monterosato, 1869
Alvania subcalathus Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906
Alvania subcrenulata (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884)
Alvania subsoluta (Aradas, 1847)
Alvania suroiti Gofas, 2007
Alvania tarsodes (R. B. Watson, 1886)
Alvania templadoi L. Hoffman & Freiwald, 2021
Alvania tenera (R. A. Philippi, 1844)
Alvania tessellata Weinkauff, 1868
Alvania testae (Aradas & Maggiore, 1844)
Alvania tomentosa (Pallary, 1920)
Alvania unica Amati & Quaggiotto, 2019
Alvania vanegmondi Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998
Alvania vermaasi van Aartsen, 1975
Alvania verrilli (Friele, 1886)
Alvania villarii Micali, Tisselli & Giunchi, 2005
Alvania wareni (Templado & Rolán, 1986)
Alvania watsoni (Schwartz von Mohrenstern, 1873)
Alvania weinkauffi Weinkauff, 1868
Alvania xelae J. D. Oliver & Urgorri, 2022
Alvania zaraensis Amati & Appolloni, 2019
Alvania zetlandica (Montagu, 1816)
Alvania zoderi Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998
Alvania zylensis Gofas & Warén, 1982
Alvinia bicingulata (G. Seguenza, 1876) sensu L. Seguenza, 1903

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: traliedrijfhorens sources: de Bruyne, R.H.; Bank, R.A.; Adema, J.P.H.M.; Perk, F.A. (1994). Nederlandse naamlijst van de weekdieren (Mollusca) van Nederland en Belgie: feestuitgave ter gelegenheid van het zestig-jarig jubileum van de Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging [Dutch namelist of the Mollusca from the Netherlands and Belgium: festive edition at the occasion of the 60-year jubilee of the Dutch Malacological Society]. Backhuys Publishers: Leiden, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-73348-33-1. 149 pp.
 Japanese: アラレキビツボ属

Literature

original description

Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [book series]. 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes].

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.

additional source

Ponder, W. F. (1985). A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum. Suppl. 4: 1-221. [12 February 1985].

subsequent type designation

Nevill, G. (1885). Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). x + 306 pp. Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. ["1884"; after 25 January 1885].

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Alvania Risso, 1826. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138439

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Occurrence

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Environment


marine, brackish, fresh

Importance

IUCN:
Red List status LR/lc 1998This species is lower risk and does not qualify for Conservation Dependent or Near Threatened status according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

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