Alvania vinosula Anderson and Hanna 1925 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae

Full reference: F. M. Anderson and G. D. Hanna. 1925. Fauna and stratigraphic relations of the Tejon Eocene at the type locality in Kern County, California. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 11:1-249

Belongs to Alvania according to F. M. Anderson and G. D. Hanna 1925

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 fossilis, Alvania granosa, Alvania hauniensis, Alvania hortensis, Alvania lettana, Alvania mighelsi, Alvania oceani, Alvania pagodula, Alvania parazosta, Alvania pedroana, Alvania riparia, Alvania sanctipaulensis, Alvania scrobiculata, Alvania stephanensis, Alvania sublagouardensis, Alvania veleronis, Alvania virodunensis, Alvania wyvillethomsoni

Type specimen: CAS 981. Its type locality is CAS 711, Grapevine Canyon, which is in a Lutetian marine sandstone in the Tejon Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at CAS 711, Grapevine Canyon

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