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Alvania (Arsenia)

Gastropoda - Rissoidae

Taxonomy
Alvania (Arsenia) was named by Monterosato and Cossmann (1921).

It was assigned to Alvania by Monterosato and Cossmann (1921).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Alvania abstersa, Alvania alexandrae, Alvania almo, Alvania ampulla, Alvania angioyi, Alvania areolifera, Alvania argentea, Alvania auberiana, Alvania auberiana, Alvania aurivillii, Alvania barreti, Alvania basisulcata, Alvania belgica, Alvania brachia, Alvania carta, Alvania cimex, Alvania convexispira, Alvania craticula, Alvania curta, Alvania curta, Alvania curta, Alvania dautzenbergi, Alvania dinora, Alvania discors, Alvania ellenorae, Alvania epulata, Alvania fenestrata, Alvania formicarum, Alvania galapagensis, Alvania geryonia, Alvania gontsharovae, Alvania halia, Alvania helenae, Alvania hirta, Alvania holsatica, Alvania holsatica, Alvania hoodensis, Alvania hungarica, Alvania janmayeni, Alvania kenneyi, Alvania lachesis, Alvania lactanea, Alvania lara, Alvania lineata, Alvania lirata, Alvania mamillata, Alvania maria, Alvania mariae, Alvania mariae, Alvania mediolittoralis, Alvania meridioamericana, Alvania meridioamericana, Alvania meridoamericana, Alvania montagui, Alvania montagui, Alvania montagui, Alvania montagui, Alvania montagui, Alvania montagui, Alvania montagui, Alvania montensis, Alvania nemo, Alvania obliquistoma, Alvania oldroydi, Alvania partschi, Alvania partschi, Alvania partschi, Alvania perregularis, Alvania perregularis, Alvania playagrandensis, Alvania pontileviensis, Alvania poucheti, Alvania praeholsatica, Alvania productilis, Alvania pseudoalvania, Alvania punctura, Alvania rupeliensis, Alvania schwartzi, Alvania sculpta, Alvania semperi, Alvania sleursi, Alvania spirialis, Alvania tarsodes, Alvania tauropraecedens, Alvania tenuicostata, Alvania tenuisculpta, Alvania testae, Alvania testae, Alvania thalia, Alvania tiberiana, Alvania tongrorum, Alvania transiens, Alvania veleroana, Alvania venus, Alvania venus, Alvania venus, Alvania zetlandica, Rissoa bartonensis, Rissoa lineata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Alvania (Arsenia) Monterosato and Cossmann

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyRissooideaGray 1847
familyRissoidaeGray 1847
genusAlvaniaRisso 1826
subgenusArseniaMonterosato and Cossmann 1921

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 (Arsenia) Monterosato and Cossmann 1921
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: base of the Danian to the top of the Langhian or 66.00000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66Belgium Alvania craticula, Alvania montensis (22931)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Greenland Arsenia sp. (22943)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Centre) Alvania dautzenbergi, Alvania spirialis (178085)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany Alvania tongrorum (179751)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Netherlands Alvania rupeliensis (87250)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France (Centre) Alvania dautzenbergi (179581)