Alvania Risso 1826

Genus Alvania Risso, 1826 Type species. Alvania europea Risso, 1826, subsequent designation by Nevill, 1885 (5 Alvania cimex (Linne´, 1758)). The genus Alvania is here taken in a very broad sense, as a catchall genus for species of Rissoidae having both spiral and axial sculpture on the shell, until...

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Main Author: Gofas, Serge
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: Zenodo 2007
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Rissoidae
Alvania
Northeast Atlantic
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5229704
https://zenodo.org/record/5229704
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Summary:Genus Alvania Risso, 1826 Type species. Alvania europea Risso, 1826, subsequent designation by Nevill, 1885 (5 Alvania cimex (Linne´, 1758)). The genus Alvania is here taken in a very broad sense, as a catchall genus for species of Rissoidae having both spiral and axial sculpture on the shell, until some phylogeny is unravelled. This is a difficult task in this speciose group, and requires a broader geographic scope. Most characters currently considered for species definition are highly liable to convergence. : Published as part of Gofas, Serge, 2007, Rissoidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from northeast Atlantic seamounts, pp. 779-885 in Journal of Natural History 41 (13 - 16) on page 789, DOI: 10.1080/00222930701298085, http://zenodo.org/record/5229647

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