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Alvania granosa

Gastropoda - Rissoidae

Taxonomy

Alvania granosa was named by Tabanelli et al. (2011).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

A. areolifera, A. barreti, A. brachia, A. curta, A. dinora, A. epulata, A. galapagensis, A. halia, A. hoodensis, A. iliuliukensis, A. lirata, A. nemo, A. oldroydi, A. tenuicostata, A. veleroana, A. gontsharovae, A. obliquistoma, A. montensis, A. sculpta

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2011	Alvania granosa Tabanelli et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamily	Rissooidea	Gray 1847
family	Rissoidae	Gray 1847
genus	Alvania	Risso 1826
species	granosa	Tabanelli et al. 2011

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Alvania granosa Tabanelli et al. 2011

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

actively mobilef

Life habit:

epifaunalf

Diet:

grazerf

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-09-10 07:55:20

Modified:

2009-09-10 09:55:20

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Messinian or 11.62000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Tortonian - Messinian	11.62 - 5.333	Italy	Alvania granosa (207782)