Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Full reference: P. Bartsch. 1911. The recent and fossil mollusks of the genus Alvania from the west coast of America. US National Museum Proceedings 41:333-362
Belongs to Alvania according to P. Bartsch 1911
Sister taxa: Alvania (Alcidiella), Alvania (Alvania), Alvania (Arsenia), Alvania (Galeodina), Alvania (Linemera), 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 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
Type specimen: USNM 213691, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at LACMIP Loc. 66-2, Newport Beach [Palos Verdes Sand] (Quaternary of California)
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