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Alphabetical list of genera           Alphabetical list of genera by common name     

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Genus Alvania Risso, 1826 - “rice-shells”  

Alvania fasciata (banded rice-shell)

Alvania novarensis (Novar rice-shell)

Alvania strangei (Stranges rice-shell)

Alvania sculptilis (sculptile rice-shell)

Alvania suprasculpta (suprasculpted rice-shell)

Alvania thouinensis (Thouin rice-shell)