Alvinia
Alvinia is a genus of minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae.
This genus has become a synonym of Alvania Risso, 1826. But it is still considered sometimes as a separate genus. It has been merged with Alvania until a consistent phylogenetic scheme emerges for the whole group.Species in the genus Alvinia used to include:
- Alvinia aequisculpta : synonym of Alvania aequisculpta Keep, 1887
- Alvinia albolirata : synonym of Lirobarleeia albolirata
- Alvinia almo : synonym of Alvania almo Bartsch, 1911
- Alvinia clarionensis : synonym of Lirobarleeia clarionensis
- Alvinia contrerasi : synonym of Lapsigyrus mutans
- Alvinia cosmia : synonym of Alvania cosmia Bartsch, 1911
- Alvinia dictyophora : synonym of Alvania dictyophora
- Alvinia electrina : synonym of Lirobarleeia electrina
- Alvinia epima : synonym of Manzonia epima
- Alvinia galapagensis : synonym of Lirobarleeia galapagensis
- Alvinia gallinacea : synonym of Alvania gallinacea
- Alvinia gradatoides : synonym of Alvania gradatoides
- Alvinia granti : synonym of Lirobarleeia granti
- Alvinia halia : synonym of Alvania halia Bartsch, 1911
- Alvinia hoodensis : synonym of Lirobarleeia hoodensis
- Alvinia ima : synonym of Alvania ima Bartsch, 1911
- Alvinia inconspicua : synonym of Alvania monserratensis Baker, Hanna & Strong, 1930
- Alvinia ingrami : synonym of Lirobarleeia ingrami
- Alvinia lara : synonym of Lirobarleeia lara
- Alvinia milleriana Carpenter, 1951: synonym of Lapsigyrus mutans
- Alvinia moniziana : synonym of Alvania moniziana
- Alvinia monserratensis : synonym of Alvania monserratensis Baker, Hanna & Strong, 1930
- Alvinia mutans : synonym of Lapsigyrus mutans
- Alvinia myriosirissa : synonym of Lapsigyrus myriosirissa Shasky, 1970
- Alvinia nemo : synonym of Lirobarleeia nemo
- Alvinia perlata : synonym of Lirobarleeia perlata
- Alvinia profundicola : synonym of Alvania profundicola Bartsch, 1911
- Alvinia purpurea : synonym of Alvania purpurea Dall, 1871
- Alvinia tumida : synonym of Alvania tumida Carpenter, 1857
- Alvinia veleronis : synonym of Lirobarleeia veleronis
- Alvinia weinkauffi : synonym of Alvania weinkauffi Weinkauff, 1868
- Alvinia zetlandica Montagu, 1815: synonym of Alvania zetlandica