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Alvania (Galeodina)

Gastropoda - Rissoidae

Taxonomy

Galeodina was named by Monterosato (1884) [Sepkoski's age data: Q Plei R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Alvania (Galeodina) by Ponder (1984).

It was assigned to Alvania by Ponder (1984); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Alvania areolifera, Alvania barreti, Alvania brachia, Alvania curta, Alvania dinora, Alvania epulata, Alvania galapagensis, Alvania gontsharovae, Alvania halia, Alvania hoodensis, Alvania iliuliukensis, Alvania lirata, Alvania montensis, Alvania nemo, Alvania obliquistoma, Alvania oldroydi, Alvania sculpta, Alvania tenuicostata, Alvania veleroana

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1884	Galeodina Monterosato
1984	Alvania (Galeodina) Ponder p. 43
2002	Galeodina Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamily	Rissooidea	Gray 1847
family	Rissoidae	Gray 1847
genus	Alvania	Risso 1826
subgenus	Galeodina	(Monterosato 1884)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subg. Alvania (Galeodina) Monterosato 1884

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Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
W. F. Ponder 1984	Shell: turbinate, with few spiral cords much stronger than axial sculpture, varix weak or absent, outer lip not dentate within (Fig. 94A). Protoconch with micro sculpture of weak spiral elements (Fig. 94B; see also Thiriot-Quievreux & Babio, 1975).

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

actively mobilef

Life habit:

epifaunalf

Diet:

grazerf

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-09-10 07:55:20

Modified:

2009-09-10 09:55:20

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.774	Italy	Galeodina carinata (78312)