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

Alvania cimicoides (Forbes, 1844)

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

*Rissoa cimicoides var. minima*	Jeffreys, 1867	synonym
*Rissoa intermedia*	Aradas, 1847	synonym
*Rissoa sculpta*	R. A. Philippi, 1844	synonym
*Turbona hispidula fuscoapicalis*	F. Nordsieck, 1974	synonym

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.
additional source	Tabanelli, C., Bertaccini, E., Bertamini, R., Bongiardino, C., Gardella, F. & P. Petracci. (2020). La malacofauna dello "spungone". Le famiglie Rissoidae e Rissoinidae: addenda et corrigenda (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Littorinimorpha: Rissoidae, Rissoinidae). Quaderni di Studi e Notizie di Stiria Naturale della Romagna. 51: 19-40.
additional source	de Kluijver, M. J.; Ingalsuo, S. S.; de Bruyne, R. H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom.
additional source	Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1993). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Mesogastropoda. Bollettino Malacologico supplemento 3: 579-840

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Alvania cimicoides (Forbes, 1844). 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:141168