Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Alternative spellings: Linemera, Merelina (Linemera)
Parent taxon: Alvania according to W. F. Ponder 1984
See also Ladd 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Alvania (Alcidiella), Alvania (Alvania), Alvania (Arsenia), Alvania (Galeodina), Alvania (Turbona), Alvania andraldensis, Alvania antwerpiensis, Alvania argillensis, Alvania aturensis, Alvania boucherti, Alvania cancellata, Alvania cimicoides, Alvania cioppii, Alvania discazalorum, Alvania europea, Alvania falsimerelina, Alvania foraminata, Alvania fossilis, Alvania granosa, Alvania hauniensis, Alvania hortensis, Alvania iliuliukensis, Alvania lettana, Alvania mighelsi, Alvania oceani, Alvania pagodula, Alvania parazosta, Alvania pedroana, Alvania riparia, Alvania sanctipaulensis, Alvania scrobiculata, Alvania stephanensis, Alvania sublagouardensis, Alvania tallahatchiensis, Alvania veleronis, Alvania vinosula, Alvania virodunensis, Alvania wyvillethomsoni
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (1 collection)
• Miocene of New Zealand (2), Palau (1)
Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences