basis of record
Criscione 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]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Alvania sculptilis (May, 1920) is a junior secondary homonym of Alvania sculptilis (Monterosato, 1877). However, the genus Alvania as currently used has a very broad taxonomic extension, and these two species may very well end up in different genera when a robust phylogeny becomes available. For the time being, it is thus advisable to keep using the invalid name Alvania sculptilis (May, 1920) for the Australian species. [details]