# 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. As of 2012, 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 (except in the antarctic and subantarctic regions). 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

### Taxon inquirendum

* † Alvania rugosula (Aradas, 1847)
* Alvania scitula A. Adams, 1861
* Alvania semicostata A. Adams, 1861 (unassessed, use in recent literature not established by editor)
* Alvania subcancellata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894)
* † Alvania sulzeriana Risso, 1826

## Synonyms

* Alvania aberrans (C. B. Adams, 1850): synonym of Stosicia aberrans (C. B. Adams, 1850)
* Alvania abyssicola (Forbes, 1850): synonym of Alvania testae (Aradas & Maggiore, 1844) (junior synonym )
* Alvania acutilirata (P. P. Carpenter, 1864): synonym of Alvania compacta (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
* Alvania acuticostata (Dall, 1889): synonym of Benthonellania acuticostata (Dall, 1889)
* Alvania alaskana Dall, 1886: synonym of Onoba alaskana (Dall, 1886)
* Alvania albella S. V. Wood, 1842: synonym of Alvania ascaris (W. Turton, 1819) synonym of Aclis ascaris (W. Turton, 1819) (junior subjective synonym)
* Alvania albolirata (Carpenter, 1864): synonym of Lirobarleeia albolirata (Carpenter, 1864) (Does not belong to the genus Alvania)
* Alvania alfredensis Bartsch, 1915: synonym of Onoba alfredensis (Bartsch, 1915): synonym of Subestea alfredensis (Bartsch, 1915) (original combination)
* Alvania almo Bartsch, 1915: synonym of Alvania winslowae Bartsch, 1928 synonym of Cingula winslowae (Bartsch, 1928) (junior primary homonym of Alvania almo Bartsch, 1911)
* Alvania altenai van Aartsen, Menkhorst & Gittenberger, 1984: synonym of Alvania tomentosa (Pallary, 1920)
* † Alvania andraldensis Lozouet, 1998: synonym of † Simulamerelina andraldensis (Lozouet, 1998) (superseded combination)
* Alvania bakeri Bartsch, 1910: synonym of Onoba bakeri (Bartsch, 1910) (original combination)
* Alvania bartolomensis Bartsch, 1917: synonym of Lirobarleeia kelseyi (Dall & Bartsch, 1902)
* Alvania basteriae (Moolenbeek & Faber, 1986): synonym of Crisilla basteriae (Moolenbeek & Faber, 1986)
* † Alvania boucheti Lozouet, 1998: synonym of † Simulamerelina boucheti (Lozouet, 1998) (superseded combination)
* Alvania brocchii Weinkauff, 1868: synonym of Alvania reticulata (Montagu, 1803): synonym of Alvania beanii (Hanley, 1844)
* Alvania californica Bartsch, 1911: synonym of Alvania trachisma Bartsch, 1911
* Alvania carpenteri (Weinkauff, 1885): synonym of Onoba carpenteri (Weinkauff, 1885)
* Alvania chiriquiensis Olsson & McGinty, 1958: synonym of Lirobarleeia chiriquiensis (Olsson & McGinty, 1958)
* Alvania cingulata (Philippi, 1836): synonym of Alvania mamillata Risso, 1826
* Alvania clarionensis Bartsch, 1911: synonym of Lirobarleeia clarionensis (Bartsch, 1911) (original combination)
* Alvania colombiana Romer & Moore, 1988: synonym of Benthonellania colombiana (Romer & D. R. Moore, 1988) (original combination)
* Alvania consociella Monterosato, 1884: synonym of Alvania lanciae (Calcara, 1845)
* Alvania corayi Ladd, 1966: synonym of Clatrosansonia corayi (Ladd, 1966) (superseded combination)
* Alvania costulosa Risso, 1826: synonym of Alvania lineata Risso, 1826
* Alvania crassicostata Risso, 1826: synonym of Alvania discors (T. Brown, 1818)
* Alvania deliciosa (Jeffreys, 1884): synonym of Alvania electa (Monterosato, 1874)
* Alvania effusa P. P. Carpenter, 1857: synonym of Alabina effusa (P. P. Carpenter, 1857) (original combination)
* Alvania electrina (P. P. Carpenter, 1864): synonym of Lirobarleeia electrina (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
* Alvania europea Risso, 1826: synonym of Alvania cimex (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)
* Alvania excurvata Carpenter, 1857: synonym of Alabina excurvata (P. P. Carpenter, 1857) (original combination)
* † Alvania falsimerelina Lozouet, 1998: synonym of † Simulamerelina falsimerelina (Lozouet, 1998) (superseded combination)
* Alvania ferruginea A. Adams, 1861: synonym of Simulamerelina ferruginea (A. Adams, 1861)
* Alvania filosa P. P. Carpenter, 1864: synonym of Alvania compacta (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
* Alvania firma (Laseron, 1956): synonym of Haurakia novarensis (Frauenfeld, 1867)
* Alvania formosita (Laseron, 1956): synonym of Haurakia novarensis (Frauenfeld, 1867)
* Alvania fossilis Bartsch, 1911: synonym of Alvania compacta (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
* Alvania freminvillea Risso, 1826: synonym of Alvania cimex (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Alvania fusca Gould, 1861: synonym of Rissoina media Schwartz von Mohrenstern, 1860: synonym of Phosinella media (Schwartz von Mohrenstern, 1860) (junior subjective synonym)
* Alvania gagliniae Amati, 1985: synonym of Crisilla gagliniae (Amati, 1985)
* Alvania galapagensis Bartsch, 1911: synonym of Lirobarleeia galapagensis (Bartsch, 1911) (original combination)
* Alvania gradata (d'Orbigny, 1842): synonym of Lirobarleeia gradata (d'Orbigny, 1842)
* Alvania granti Strong, 1938: synonym of Lirobarleeia granti (Strong, 1938)
* † Alvania granulosculpta (L. Seguenza, 1903): synonym of † Alvania litoralis (F. Nordsieck, 1972) (dubious synonym)
* Alvania guesti Faber & Moolenbeek, 1987: synonym of Simulamerelina guesti (Faber & Moolenbeek, 1987)
* Alvania herrerae Baker, Hanna & Strong, 1930: synonym of Lirobarleeia herrerae (Baker, Hanna & Strong, 1930)
* Alvania hoodensis Bartsch, 1911: synonym of Lirobarleeia hoodensis (Bartsch, 1911) (original combination)
* † Alvania hortensis Lozouet, 1998: synonym of † Simulamerelina hortensis (Lozouet, 1998) (superseded combination)
* Alvania iliuliukensis Bartsch, 1911: synonym of Alvania compacta (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
* Alvania lara Bartsch, 1911: synonym of Lirobarleeia lara (Bartsch, 1911)
* Alvania latior (Mighels & Adams, 1842): synonym of Setia latior (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842)
* Alvania lucasana Baker, Hanna & Strong, 1930: synonym of Lirobarleeia electrina (Carpenter, 1864)
* Alvania minuta (Golikov & Fedjakov in Scarlato, 1987): synonym of Punctulum minutum Golikov & Fedjakov, 1987
* Alvania montagui (Payraudeau, 1826): synonym of Alvania discors (T. Brown, 1818)
* Alvania montereyensis Bartsch, 1911: synonym of Onoba carpenteri (Weinkauff, 1885)
* Alvania novarensis Frauenfeld, 1867: synonym of Haurakia novarensis (Frauenfeld, 1867)
* Alvania obliqua Warén, 1974: synonym of Onoba obliqua (Warén, 1974)
* Alvania olivacea Frauenfeld, 1867: synonym of Pisinna olivacea (Frauenfeld, 1867)
* Alvania pedroana Bartsch, 1911: synonym of Alvania compacta (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
* Alvania perlata Mörch, 1860: synonym of Lirobarleeia perlata (Mörch, 1860)
* Alvania pisinna Melvill & Standen, 1896: synonym of Merelina pisinna (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
* Alvania plicatula Risso, 1826: synonym of Rissoa membranacea (J. Adams, 1800)
* Alvania (Crisilla) postrema Gofas, 1990 : synonym of Crisilla postrema (Gofas, 1990)
* Alvania precipitata (Dall, 1889): synonym of Benthonellania precipitata (Dall, 1889)
* Alvania pyramidata Risso, 1826:synonym of Alvania cimex (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Alvania quadrasi O. Boettger, 1893: synonym of Iravadia quadrasi (O. Boettger, 1893)
* Alvania russinoniaca Locard, 1886: synonym of Alvania carinata (da Costa, 1778)
* Alvania sardea Risso, 1826: synonym of Alvania discors (T. Brown, 1818) (dubious synonym)
* Alvania semistriata (Montagu, 1808): synonym of Crisilla semistriata (Montagu, 1808)
* Alvania simulans Locard, 1886: synonym of Crisilla simulans (Locard, 1886)
* Alvania supranitida S.V. Wood, 1842: synonym of Aclis minor (Brown, 1827)
* † Alvania tiberiana (Coppi, 1876): synonym of † Galeodinopsis tiberiana (Coppi, 1876)
* Alvania trajectus (Watson, 1886): synonym of Haurakia novarensis (Frauenfeld, 1867)
* Alvania whitechurchi W. H. Turton, 1932: synonym of Cingula whitechurchi (W. H. Turton, 1932)
* Alvania wyvillethomsoni (Friele, 1877): synonym of Punctulum wyvillethomsoni (Friele, 1877)