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Alvinia aequisculpta

Gastropoda - Rissoidae

Taxonomy
Alvania aequisculpta was named by Keep (1887). It is extant. Its type specimen is USNM 219564, a shell.

It was recombined as Rissoina aequisculpta by Woodring et al. (1946); it was recombined as Alvinia aequisculpta by Hendy (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Alvania aequisculpta Keep p. 65
1946Rissoina aequisculpta Woodring et al.
2021Alvinia aequisculpta Hendy

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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
subfamilyRissoinaeGray 1847
genusAlviniaBrusina 1870
speciesaequisculpta(Keep 1887)

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.

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Diagnosis
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