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Alvania (Alvania) beani

Gastropoda - Rissoidae

Taxonomy
Alvania (Turbona) beani was named by Thorpe (1957) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene-Recent; Northern Europe, Mediterranean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Alvania beani by Fretter and Graham (1978); it was recombined as Alvania (Alvania) beani by van Regteren Altena (1965) and Marquet (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Alvania (Turbona) beani Thorpe pp. 23, 24
1965Alvania (Alvania) beani van Regteren Altena p. 13
1978Alvania beani Fretter and Graham pp. 173-174
1997Alvania (Alvania) beani Marquet p. 14

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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
subgenusAlvaniaRisso 1826
speciesbeani(Thorpe 1957)

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
No diagnoses are available