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Alvania (Alvania)

Gastropoda - Rissoidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Alvania (Alvania) Risso
1975Profundialvania Taviani
1981Alvania (Alvania) Svagrovsky p. 115
1997Alvania (Alvania) Marquet p. 13
2002Profundialvania Sepkoski
2003Alvania (Alvania) Mandic and Steininger p. 270
2004Alvania (Alvania) Vera-Peláez et al. p. 257

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyRissooideaGray 1847
familyRissoidaeGray 1847
genusAlvaniaRisso 1826
subgenusAlvaniaRisso 1826

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.

Subg. Alvania (Alvania) Risso 1826
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Alvania (Alvania) simonsi Marquet 1997
Invalid names: Alvania (Profundialvania) Taviani 1975 [synonym], Alvania (Pseudalvania) Janssen 1967 [synonym]
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Alvania basisulcata (62899 62903 62931)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Ukraine (Krym) Alvania gontsharovae (47049)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Russian Federation (Adygeya) Alvania gontsharovae (47046 47047)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Austria Alvania venus, Alvania montagui (77402)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany Alvania curta, Alvania holsatica, Alvania praeholsatica, Alvania sp. (111599)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Centre) Alvania carta (179581)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Alvania basisulcata (61902 62887 62888 62889) Alvania partschi (61906 61907) Alvania partschi, Alvania basisulcata (61895 61903) Alvania partschi, Alvania dingdensis (61905)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) Alvania schwartzi (38823)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia Alvania montagui (73141) Alvania montagui, Alvania curta (73138) Alvania montagui, Alvania productilis (73139)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Turkey Alvania curta (179776) Alvania venus, Alvania curta (179777)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy Alvania testae, Alvania thalia, Alvania obliquistoma (73578) Alvania testae, Alvania thalia, Alvania tiberiana, Alvania obliquistoma (73579 73583)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Belgium Alvania beani (76982)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Alvania auberiana, Alvania meridioamericana (131210 131218 131363)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy Alvania testae (73585)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium Alvania simonsi, Alvania beani (76983)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy Alvania montagui (178779)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela Alvania sp. (131223)