TABLE 2 in Shallow-water Rissoidae of the genera Alvania Risso 1826 Haurakia Iredale 1915 Parashiela Laseron 1956 Simulamerelina Ponder 1985 and Subestea Cotton 1944 Gastropoda Caenogastropoda Rissooidea from French Polynesia with the description of a new deep-water genus

TABLE 2. — List of Recent Alvania from French Polynesia, with their occurrence in the explored areas (grey shaded cells) and the sympatric co-occurrence in the same island with other species (black shaded cells).
SpeciesAreasAlvania letourneuxi n. sp.Alvania herosae n. sp.Alvania parvimaculata n. sp.Alvania prosocostata n. sp. Alvania uapou n. sp.Alvania letourneuxi n. sp.MarquesasTuamotuGambierSocietyAustralesAlvania herosae n. sp.MarquesasTuamotuGambierSocietyAustralesAlvania parvimaculata n. sp.MarquesasMarquesas TuamotuTuamotu GambierSocietyAustralesAlvania prosocostata n. sp.MarquesasTuamotuGambierSocietyAustralesAlvania uapou n. sp.MarquesasTuamotuGambierSocietyAustrales
ETYMOLOGY. — From the name of the tarasoc oceanographic expedition to the Tarava Seamounts [itself derived from TARAva Seamounts and SOCiety Islands], during which the type material has been sampled. Used as a noun in apposition.