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Alvania
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Alvania

Alvania is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae.

They form a very diversified group within the Rissoidae family.

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60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Alvania lactea

speciesAlvania lactea

Alvania cancellata

speciesAlvania cancellata

Alvania cimex

speciesAlvania cimex

Alvania discors

speciesAlvania discors

Alvania lineata

speciesAlvania lineata

Alvania carinata

speciesAlvania carinata

Alvania purpurea

speciesAlvania purpurea

Alvania lanciae

speciesAlvania lanciae

Alvania mamillata

speciesAlvania mamillata

Alvania compacta

speciesAlvania compacta

Alvania canariensis

speciesAlvania canariensis

Alvania aequisculpta

speciesAlvania aequisculpta

Alvania punctura

speciesAlvania punctura

Alvania cosmia

speciesAlvania cosmia

Alvania auberiana

speciesAlvania auberiana

Alvania pagodula

speciesAlvania pagodula

Alvania ogasawarana

speciesAlvania ogasawarana

Alvania beanii

speciesAlvania beanii

Alvania concinna

speciesAlvania concinna

Alvania geryonia

speciesAlvania geryonia

Alvania monserratensis

speciesAlvania monserratensis

Alvania rudis

speciesAlvania rudis

Alvania hirta

speciesAlvania hirta

Alvania subcrenulata

speciesAlvania subcrenulata

Alvania cimicoides

speciesAlvania cimicoides

Alvania scabra

speciesAlvania scabra

Alvania oldroydae

speciesAlvania oldroydae

Alvania tenera

speciesAlvania tenera

Alvania nestaresi

speciesAlvania nestaresi

Alvania isolata

speciesAlvania isolata

Alvania pseudoareolata

speciesAlvania pseudoareolata

Alvania profundicola

speciesAlvania profundicola

Alvania halia

speciesAlvania halia

Alvania kermadecensis

speciesAlvania kermadecensis

Alvania abrupta

speciesAlvania abrupta

Alvania exserta

speciesAlvania exserta

Alvania gallinacea

speciesAlvania gallinacea

Alvania bountyensis

speciesAlvania bountyensis

Alvania maclurgi

speciesAlvania maclurgi

Alvania solitaria

speciesAlvania solitaria

Alvania gradatoides

speciesAlvania gradatoides

Alvania pinguoides

speciesAlvania pinguoides

Alvania jeffreysi

speciesAlvania jeffreysi

Alvania zetlandica

speciesAlvania zetlandica

Alvania testae

speciesAlvania testae

Alvania pinguis

speciesAlvania pinguis

Alvania almo

speciesAlvania almo

Alvania grancanariensis

speciesAlvania grancanariensis

Alvania fasciata

speciesAlvania fasciata

Alvania strangei

speciesAlvania strangei

Alvania akibai

speciesAlvania akibai

Alvania awa

speciesAlvania awa

Alvania nihonkaiensis

speciesAlvania nihonkaiensis

Alvania sculptilis

speciesAlvania sculptilis

Alvania yamatoensis

speciesAlvania yamatoensis

Alvania settepassii

speciesAlvania settepassii

Alvania filocincta

speciesAlvania filocincta

Alvania venusta

speciesAlvania venusta

Alvania tumida

speciesAlvania tumida

Alvania subsoluta

speciesAlvania subsoluta

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 246663.