Alvania
Alvania is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae.
They form a very diversified group within the Rissoidae family.
Description
Alvania as currently used may not be monophyletic.The genus Alvinia has been synonymized with Alvania, until a consistent phylogenetic scheme emerges for the whole group., is sometimes considered a separate genus.
The genus Alvania comprises species with small shells with heights measuring between 1 mm and 7 mm. Their general shape is ovate-conical, reticulated with axial and spirals elements. They have a continuous peristome. Their coloration is variable.
Some species such as Alvania sculptilis have been named twice with the second naming becoming a junior secondary homonym. However, the genus Alvania as currently used has a very broad taxonomic extension, and these species may very well end up in different genera when a robust phylogeny becomes available.
Distribution
These marine species can be found worldwide. They can be found from intertidal depths to abyssal depths.Species
Species within the genus Alvania include:- Alvania aartseni Verduin, 1986
- Alvania abrupta Dell, 1956
- Alvania abstersa van der Linden & van Aartsen, 1993
- † Alvania absuturalis Chirli & Forli, 2021
- Alvania acida Garilli, Reitano & Scuderi, 2023
- † Alvania acuticarinata Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018
- Alvania adiaphoros Bouchet & Warén, 1993
- Alvania adinogramma Bouchet & Warén, 1993
- Alvania aeoliae Palazzi, 1988
- Alvania aequisculpta Keep, 1887
- Alvania africana Gofas, 1999
- † Alvania agathae Reitano, Cresti & Di Franco, 2020
- † Alvania aglaja De Stefani & Pantanelli in De Stefani, 1888
- Alvania akibai Yokoyama, 1926
- Alvania albachiarae Perugia, 2021
- Alvania alboranensis Peñas & Rolán, 2006
- † Alvania alexandrae O. Boettger, 1902
- † Alvania alfredbelli Faber, 2017
- Alvania algeriana Monterosato, 1877
- Alvania aliceae Amati, 2014
- † Alvania allixi Cossmann, 1919
- Alvania almo Bartsch, 1911
- † Alvania alta Bałuk, 1975
- Alvania amatii Oliverio, 1986
- † Alvania ameliae Chirli & Forli, 2021
- † Alvania amoena Tabanelli, Bongiardino & Perugia, 2011
- † Alvania amphitrite Thivaiou, Harzhauser & Koskeridou, 2019
- † Alvania ampulla Eichwald, 1853
- † Alvania anabaptizata Boettger, 1906
- Alvania angioyi van Aartsen, 1982
- Alvania angularis Warén, 1996
- † Alvania angusticostata Traub, 1981
- Alvania annetteae Amati, Danzelle & Devauchelle, 2018
- Alvania annobonensis Rolán, 2004
- † Alvania antwerpiensis Glibert, 1952
- † Alvania aquensis Grateloup, 1838
- † Alvania areolifera Sandberger, 1863
- Alvania argentea G.B. Sowerby III, 1892
- † Alvania argillensis Lozouet, 1998
- †Alvania armata Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018
- Alvania arubensis De Jong & Coomans, 1988
- Alvania aspera Philippi, 1844
- Alvania asperula Brugnone, 1880
- † Alvania asphaltodus Beets, 1942
- † Alvania aturensis Lozouet, 1998
- Alvania auberiana d'Orbigny, 1842
- Alvania aupouria Powell, 1937
- Alvania aurantiaca Watson, 1873
- Alvania awa Chinzei, 1959
- † Alvania awamoaensis H. J. Finlay, 1924
- †Alvania babylonelliformis Gürs in Gürs & Spiegler, 1999
- † Alvania baldoi Garilli & Parrinello, 2011
- Alvania balearica Oliver & Templado, 2009
- † Alvania barreti Morlet, 1885
- Alvania bartolinorum Amati & Smriglio, 2019
- † Alvania bartschi Olsson, 1942
- † Alvania basisulcata A. W. Janssen, 1972
- Alvania beanii Hanley in Thorpe, 1844
- † Alvania belgica Glibert, 1952
- † Alvania belli Harmer, 1920
- Alvania bermudensis Faber & Moolenbeek, 1987
- Alvania beyersi Thiele, 1925
- † Alvania beyrichii Bosquet, 1859
- † Alvania bicingulata G. Seguenza, 1876
- † Alvania bonellii Palazzi, 1996
- † Alvania bonneti Cossmann, 1921
- Alvania bounteyensis Dell, 1950
- Alvania boutani Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1907
- Alvania bozcaadensis Tisselli & Giunchi, 2013
- † Alvania braillonis Le Renard, 1990
- † Alvania brusinai Schwartz von Mohrenstern in Brusina, 1877
- † Alvania burtoni Glibert, 1962
- †Alvania butonensis Beets, 1942
- Alvania cabrensis Rolán & Hernández, 2007
- † Alvania calasi Van Dingenen, Ceulemans & Landau, 2016
- † Alvania calliope Chirli & U. Linse, 2011
- Alvania campanii Tisselli & Giunchi, 2013
- Alvania campta Dall, 1927
- Alvania canariensis d'Orbigny, 1840
- Alvania cancapae Bouchet & Warén, 1993
- Alvania cancellata da Costa, 1778
- Alvania candasae J. D. Oliver & Gofas, 2022
- Alvania canonica Dall, 1927
- † Alvania caporalii Chirli, 2006
- Alvania carinata da Costa, 1778
- † Alvania cathyae Landau, Marquet & Grigis, 2003
- † Alvania cerreti Gardella, Bertaccini, Bertamini, Bongiardino, Petracci & Tabanelli, 2021
- † Alvania chilensis Philippi, 1887
- Alvania cimex Linnaeus, 1758
- Alvania cimicoides Forbes, 1844
- † Alvania cioppii Chirli, 2006
- Alvania clarae Nofroni & Pizzini, 1991
- Alvania clathrella Seguenza L., 1903
- Alvania claudioi Buzzurro & Landini, 2007
- † Alvania coccoi G. Seguenza, 1876
- Alvania colossophilus Oberling, 1970
- Alvania compacta Carpenter, 1864
- Alvania concinna A. Adams, 1861
- † Alvania conica Schwartz von Mohrenstern, 1867
- † Alvania convexispira O. Boettger, 1906
- Alvania corneti Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998
- Alvania corona Nordsieck, 1972
- Alvania coseli Gofas, 1999
- Alvania cosmia Bartsch, 1911
- † Alvania cossmanni Harmer, 1920
- † Alvania couffoni Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018
- Alvania cranchiana Leach, 1852
- † Alvania crassistriata S. V. Wood, 1848
- † Alvania craticula Briart & Cornet, 1887
- † Alvania critica Boettger, 1907
- Alvania cruzi Castellanos & Fernández, 1974
- Alvania crystallina Garrett, 1873
- Alvania curacaoensis De Jong & Coomans, 1988
- † Alvania curta Dujardin, 1837
- † Alvania daguini Peyrot, 1938
- Alvania dalmatica Buzzurro & Prkic, 2007
- Alvania datchaensis Amati & Oliverio, 1987
- † Alvania dautzenbergi Glibert, 1949
- Alvania debruynei Faber & Moolenbeek, 2004
- Alvania dejongi Faber & Moolenbeek, 2004
- Alvania denhartogi Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998
- † Alvania densecostata Harmer, 1920
- Alvania desabatae Amati & Smriglio, 2016
- Alvania deweti Thiele, 1925
- † Alvania diadema De Stefani & Pantanelli in De Stefani, 1888
- Alvania dianiensis Oliverio, 1988
- Alvania dictyophora Philippi, 1844
- Alvania dijkstrai Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998
- † Alvania dimitrii Garilli & Parrinello, 2010
- † Alvania dingdensis A. W. Janssen, 1967
- Alvania dipacoi Giusti Fr. & Nofroni, 1989
- Alvania discazalorum Lozouet, 1998 †
- Alvania discors Allan, 1818
- Alvania disparilis Monterosato, 1890
- † Alvania dissensia Van Dingenen, Ceulemans & Landau, 2016
- Alvania distincta W. H. Turton, 1932
- † Alvania doliolum Lozouet, 2015
- †Alvania dollfusi Cossmann & Pissarro, 1902
- Alvania dorbignyi Audouin, 1826
- † Alvania dubia G. Seguenza, 1876
- † Alvania dubiosa Harmer, 1920
- † Alvania dumasi Cossmann, 1899
- Alvania electa Monterosato, 1874
- Alvania elegantissima Monterosato, 1875
- Alvania elenae Gofas, 2007
- Alvania elisae Margelli, 2001
- † Alvania ellae Boettger, 1901
- Alvania emaciata Mörch, 1876
- † Alvania enysii Bell, 1898
- † Alvania erato Chirli & U. Linse, 2011
- † Alvania erecta Harmer, 1920
- † Alvania erentoezae İslamoğlu, 2006
- Alvania esmes Manousis, J. D. Oliver & Zaminos, 2023
- Alvania euchila Watson, 1886
- Alvania eucraspeda Hedley, 1911
- † Alvania euphrosine De Stefani & Pantanelli in De Stefani, 1888
- † Alvania eurydictium Cossmann, 1888
- Alvania exserta Suter, 1908
- Alvania faberi De Jong & Coomans, 1988
- † Alvania falsivenus Lozouet, 2015
- † Alvania falunica Peyrot, 1938
- Alvania fasciata Tenison Woods, 1876
- Alvania fenestrata Krauss, 1848
- † Alvania fezata Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018
- Alvania filocincta Hedley & Petterd, 1906
- Alvania fischeri Jeffreys, 1884
- Alvania flava Okutani, 1964
- Alvania flexilis Gofas, 1999
- † Alvania foraminata Lozouet, 1998
- Alvania formicarum Gofas, 1989
- Alvania fractospira Oberling, 1970
- † Alvania francescoi Garilli, 2008
- Alvania franseni Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998
- † Alvania frediani Della Bella & Scarponi, 2000
- Alvania freitasi Segers, Swinnen & De Prins, 2009
- † Alvania frigida Cossmann, 1921
- Alvania fulgens W. H. Turton, 1932
- Alvania funiculata Gofas, 2007
- † Alvania galeodinopsis Le Renard, 1990
- Alvania gallegosi Baker, Hanna & Strong, 1930
- Alvania gallinacea Finlay, 1930
- Alvania garrafensis Peñas & Rolán, 2008
- Alvania gascoignei Rolán, 2001
- Alvania gemina Rolán & Hernández, 2007
- † Alvania gemmulata G. Seguenza, 1876
- Alvania geryonia Nardo, 1847
- † Alvania giselae Boettger, 1901
- Alvania glabra Leach, 1852
- † Alvania globosa Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018
- Alvania gofasi Rolán & Fernandes, 1990
- † Alvania gontsharovae Iljina, 1993
- † Alvania gourbesvillensis Cossmann, 1921
- Alvania gradatoides Finlay, 1930
- Alvania grancanariensis Segers, 1999
- † Alvania granosa Tabanelli, Bongiardino & Perugia, 2011
- Alvania guancha Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1989
- † Alvania gutta Tabanelli, Bongiardino & Perugia, 2011
- Alvania halia Bartsch, 1911
- Alvania hallgassi Amati & Oliverio, 1985
- Alvania harrietae Segers, Swinnen & De Prins, 2009
- †Alvania hauniensis Ravn, 1939
- Alvania hedleyi Thiele, 1930
- † Alvania helenae Boettger, 1901
- † Alvania heraelaciniae Ruggieri, 1950
- Alvania herosaeAmati, Di Giulio & Oliverio, 2023
- Alvania herwigia Castellanos & Fernández, 1974
- † Alvania hinschi Gürs & Weinbrecht, 2001
- Alvania hirta Monterosato, 1884
- Alvania hispidula Monterosato, 1884
- Alvania hoeksemai Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998
- †Alvania holsatica Anderson, 1960
- † Alvania holubicensis Friedberg, 1923
- † Alvania houdasi Cossmann, 1907
- Alvania hueti Bozzetti, 2017
- † Alvania hungarica Bohn-Havas, 1973
- Alvania hyerensis Gofas, 2007
- Alvania ignota Cecalupo & Perugia, 2009
- Alvania ima Bartsch, 1911
- Alvania imperspicua Pallary, 1920
- Alvania incognita Warén, 1996
- Alvania inflata W. H. Turton, 1932
- † Alvania insulsa Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018
- Alvania internodula Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998
- † Alvania interrupta Finlay, 1924
- † Alvania ismar Amati, Taviani & Oliverio, 2024
- Alvania isolata Laseron, 1956
- Alvania jacquesi Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998
- Alvania jeffreysi Waller, 1864
- Alvania johannae Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1998
- Alvania joseae Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998
- Alvania josefoi Oliver & Templado, 2009
- † Alvania josephineae Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018
- † Alvania kaawaensis Laws, 1940
- † Alvania kenneyi Ladd, 1966
- Alvania kermadecensis Oliver, 1915
- † Alvania kowalewskii Bałuk, 1975
- Alvania kowiensis Tomlin, 1931
- Alvania kwandangensis Schepman, 1909
- † Alvania lachesis Basterot, 1825
- † Alvania lachrimula Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018
- † Alvania lactanea Glibert, 1949
- Alvania lactea Michaud, 1832
- †Alvania lagouardensis Lozouet & Maestrati, 1982
- Alvania lamellata Dautzenberg, 1889
- Alvania lampra Dall, 1927
- Alvania lanciae Calcara, 1845
- † Alvania laufensis Traub, 1981
- † Alvania laurae Brunetti & Vecchi, 2012
- Alvania lavaleyei Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998
- Alvania leacocki Watson, 1873
- †Alvania leopardiana Brunetti & Vecchi, 2012
- Alvania letourneuxi Amati, Di Giulio & Oliverio, 2023
- Alvania liesjeae Segers, Swinnen & De Prins, 2009
- † Alvania ligeriana Peyrot, 1938
- Alvania limensis Ponder & Worsfold, 1994
- Alvania lineata Risso, 1826
- Alvania litoralis Nordsieck, 1972
- Alvania littorinoides Cossmann, 1921 †
- Alvania lucinae Oberling, 1970
- Alvania macandrewi Manzoni, 1868
- Alvania macella Gofas, 2007
- Alvania maclurgi Powell, 1933
- Alvania mamillata Risso, 1826
- Alvania marchadi Gofas, 1999
- † Alvania mariae A. d'Orbigny, 1852
- Alvania marioi Gofas, 1999
- Alvania marmarisensis Bitlis & Öztürk, 2017
- Alvania masirahensis Perugia, 2021
- † Alvania maurizioi Chirli, 2006
- Alvania maximilicutiani Scuderi, 2014
- Alvania mediolittoralis Gofas, 1989
- Alvania meridioamericana Weisbord, 1962
- † Alvania merlei Van Dingenen, Ceulemans & Landau, 2016
- † Alvania micalii Chirli, 2006
- Alvania microglypta Haas, 1943
- Alvania micropilosa Gofas, 2007
- Alvania microstriata Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998
- Alvania microtuberculata Gofas, 2007
- † Alvania milleti Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018
- †Alvania milletispinosa Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018
- Alvania minuscula Verrill & Bush, 1900
- † Alvania minuta Finlay, 1924
- † Alvania miocalasi Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018
- † Alvania miolactea Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018
- Alvania moerchi Collin, 1886
- Alvania moniziana Watson, 1873
- Alvania monserratensis Baker, Hanna & Strong, 1930
- † Alvania montensis Glibert, 1973
- † Alvania monterosatoi P. Fischer, 1877
- Alvania moolenbeeki De Jong & Coomans, 1988
- † Alvania morleti Le Renard, 1990
- Alvania multinodula Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998
- Alvania multiquadrata van der Linden & Wagner, 1989
- † Alvania multistriata Bell, 1892
- † Alvania napoleoni Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018
- Alvania nemo Bartsch, 1911
- Alvania nestaresi Oliverio & Amati, 1990
- Alvania nicobarica Thiele, 1925
- Alvania nicolauensis Moolenbeek & Rolán, 1988
- Alvania nihonkaiensis Hasegawa, 2014
- Alvania nina Faber, 2010
- † Alvania nitida Brunetti & Vecchi, 2012
- Alvania nix Poppe, Tagaro & Goto, 2018
- Alvania nonsculpta Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998
- Alvania novarensis Frauenfeld, 1867
- † Alvania obeliscus Harmer, 1920
- † Alvania obliquicostata H. Wang, 1981
- Alvania occidua Cotton, 1944
- † Alvania oceani d'Orbigny, 1852
- Alvania oetyliaca Amati & Chiarelli, 2017
- Alvania ogasawarana Pilsbry, 1904
- Alvania oldroydae Bartsch, 1911
- Alvania oliverioi Buzzurro, 2003
- Alvania paatsi Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998
- Alvania pagodula Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884
- † Alvania pagodulina Sacco, 1895
- †Alvania parasusieae Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018
- † Alvania parazosta Lozouet, 1998
- † Alvania pariana Guppy in Guppy & Dall, 1896
- † Alvania partimcancellata Harmer, 1920
- † Alvania partschi Hörnes, 1856
- Alvania parvimaculata Amati, Di Giulio & Oliverio, 2023
- Alvania parvula Jeffreys, 1884
- Alvania peli Moolenbeek & Rolán, 1988
- Alvania peloritana Aradas & Benoit, 1874
- † Alvania perregularis Sacco, 1895
- Alvania perversa F. Nordsieck, 1972
- Alvania pettinellii Amati, 2024
- † Alvania peyreirensis Cossmann & Peyrot, 1919
- Alvania piersmai Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1989
- Alvania pinguis Webster, 1906
- Alvania pinguoides Powell, 1940
- Alvania pizzinii Amati, Smriglio & Oliverio, 2020
- Alvania planciusi Moolenbeek & Rolán, 1988
- † Alvania planicincta Le Renard, 1990
- Alvania platycephala Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896
- † Alvania playagrandensis Weisbord, 1962
- † Alvania pluricosticillata Chirli & Forli, 2021
- Alvania porcupinae Gofas & Warén, 1982
- Alvania portentosa Rolán & Hernández, 2007
- Alvania poucheti Dautzenberg, 1889
- † Alvania praeholsatica Gürs & Weinbrecht, 2001
- † Alvania praenovarensis Ludbrook, 1956
- † Alvania praetermissa Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2023
- † Alvania proavia Pilsbry & C. W. Johnson, 1917
- † Alvania productilis Boettger, 1906
- Alvania profundicola Bartsch, 1911
- Alvania prosocostata Amati, Di Giulio & Oliverio, 2023
- Alvania prusi P. Fischer, 1877
- † Alvania pseudalvania Andrusov, 1905
- Alvania pseudoareolata Warén, 1974
- † Alvania pseudohispidula Brunetti & Vecchi, 2012
- † Alvania pseudopartschi H.-J. Anderson, 1960
- Alvania pseudosyngenes Warén, 1973
- † Alvania pukeuriensis Finlay, 1924
- † Alvania pulcherrima Peyrot, 1938
- Alvania punctura Montagu, 1803
- Alvania purpurea Dall, 1871
- † Alvania putei Lozouet & Maestrati, 1982
- Alvania quadrata A. A. Gould, 1861
- † Alvania raulini Cossmann & Peyrot, 1919
- † Alvania redoniana Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018
- Alvania regina Gofas, 1999
- † Alvania renauleauensis Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018
- Alvania renei Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998
- † Alvania reticulatopunctata Seguenza, 1879
- Alvania richeri Gofas, 1999
- † Alvania riparia Lozouet, 1998
- † Alvania rischi Gürs & Weinbrecht, 2001
- † Alvania robusta Calas, 1949
- Alvania rominae Amati, Trono & Oliverio, 2020
- Alvania rosana Bartsch, 1911
- † Alvania rosariae Garilli, 2008
- † Alvania rotulata Pantanelli, 1888
- Alvania rudis Philippi, 1844
- † Alvania rupeliensis Tembrock, 1964
- Alvania rykeli Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998
- † Alvania sacyi Cossmann, 1921
- Alvania salebrosa Frauenfeld, 1867
- † Alvania sanctipaulensis Lozouet, 1998
- Alvania scabra Philippi, 1844
- † Alvania schwartzi M. Hörnes, 1856
- Alvania schwartziana Brusina, 1866
- Alvania scrobiculata Møller, 1842
- Alvania scuderii Villari, 2017
- Alvania sculptilis Monterosato, 1877
- † Alvania seanlandaui Landau, Marquet & Grigis, 2003
- † Alvania seguenzorum Bertolaso & Palazzi, 2000
- Alvania seinensis Gofas, 2007
- Alvania settepassii Amati & Nofroni, 1985
- † Alvania simonsi Marquet, 1997
- Alvania skylla Tisselli & Micali, 2023
- Alvania sleursi Amati, 1987
- Alvania slieringsi Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998
- Alvania solitaria Dell, 1956
- Alvania sombrerensis Thiele, 1925
- Alvania sororcula Granata-Grillo, 1877
- Alvania spinosa Monterosato, 1890
- † Alvania spirialis Glibert, 1949
- Alvania stenolopha Bouchet & Warén, 1993
- † Alvania stephanensis Lozouet, 1998
- Alvania stigmata Frauenfeld, 1867
- Alvania stocki Moolenbeek & Rolán, 1988
- Alvania strangei Brazier, 1894
- Alvania subareolata Monterosato, 1869
- Alvania subcalathus Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1906
- † Alvania subclavata O. Boettger, 1906
- Alvania subcrenulata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884
- † Alvania subgaleodinopsis Lozouet, 2015
- † Alvania sublaevigata O. Boettger, 1906
- † Alvania sublagouardensis Lozouet, 1998
- Alvania subsoluta Aradas, 1847
- † Alvania subtiliangulosa Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018
- Alvania subventricosa W. H. Turton, 1932
- Alvania suprasculpta May, 1915
- Alvania suroiti Gofas, 2007
- † Alvania susieae Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018
- Alvania syngenes A. E. Verrill, 1884
- Alvania tarsodes Watson, 1886
- † Alvania tauropraecedens Sacco, 1895
- Alvania templadoi Hoffman & Freiwald, 2021
- Alvania tenera Philippi, 1844
- Alvania tenhovei Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998
- † Alvania tenuicostata G. Seguenza, 1876
- † Alvania tenuisculpturata Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018
- Alvania tessellata Weinkauff, 1868
- Alvania testae Aradas & Maggiore, 1844
- † Alvania textiliformis Harmer, 1920
- † Alvania thalia De Stefani & Pantanelli in De Stefani, 1888
- Alvania thouinensis May, 1915
- Alvania tomentosa Pallary, 1920
- † Alvania tongrorum Glibert & de Heinzelin de Braucourt, 1954
- Alvania townsendi Melvill, 1910
- Alvania trachisma Bartsch, 1911
- † Alvania transiens Sacco, 1895
- Alvania tumida Carpenter, 1857
- Alvania turkensis Faber & Moolenbeek, 2004
- † Alvania turtaudierei Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018
- Alvania uapou Amati, Di Giulio & Oliverio, 2023
- Alvania unica Amati & Quaggiotto, 2019
- † Alvania urgonensis Cossmann, 1918
- Alvania valeriae Absalao, 1994
- Alvania vanegmondi Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998
- † Alvania varia Tabanelli, Bongiardino & Perugia, 2011
- † Alvania veliscensis Schwartz von Mohrenstern, 1867
- †Alvania venus d'Orbigny, 1852
- Alvania venusta Powell, 1926
- Alvania verconiana Hedley, 1911
- Alvania vermaasi van Aartsen, 1975
- Alvania verrilli Friele, 1886
- Alvania versoverana Melvill, 1910
- Alvania villarii Micali, Tisselli & Giunchi, 2005
- † Alvania villattae Le Renard, 1990
- †Alvania vinosula Anderson & Hanna, 1925
- † Alvania virodunensis Lozouet, 1998
- † Alvania waimamakuensis Laws, 1948
- † Alvania waisiuensis Beets, 1942
- Alvania wangi B.-Y. Xu, L. Qi & L.-F. Kong, 2022
- Alvania wareni Templado & Rolan, 1986
- Alvania watsoni Schwartz in Watson, 1873
- Alvania weinkauffi Weinkauff, 1868
- Alvania xelae J. D. Oliver & Urgorri, 2022
- Alvania yamatoensis Hasegawa, 2014
- Alvania zaraensis Amati & Appolloni, 2019
- † Alvania zbyszewskii Van Dingenen, Ceulemans & Landau, 2016
- Alvania zetlandica Montagu, 1815
- † Alvania zibinica Pantanelli, 1888
- † Alvania ziliolii Brunetti & Vecchi, 2012
- † Alvania ziziphina Dollfus in Calas, 1949
- Alvania zoderi Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998
- † Alvania zosta Bayan, 1873
- Alvania zylensis Gofas & Warén, 1982
- † Alvania rugosula Aradas, 1847
- Alvania scitula A. Adams, 1861
- Alvania semicostata A. Adams, 1861
- Alvania subcancellata G. B. Sowerby III, 1894
- † Alvania sulzeriana Risso, 1826