original description(ofAlvania gracilis Angas, 1877)Angas, G.F. (1877). Description of one genus and twenty-five species of marine shells from New South Wales. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1877: 171-177, pl. 26., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28510759 page(s): 174; plate XXVI, fig. 16 [details]
basis of recordCriscione F. & Ponder W.F. (2011) A review of the Recent Australian species of <i>Merelina</i> Iredale, 1915 (Caenogastropoda: Rissoidae). <i>Molluscan Research</i> 31(2): 65-84.[details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality