2002  Effenbergia Korn & Klug: 195, 277.

Type species: Balvia lens Korn,1992, p.35 [OD].

A:   Conch involute on all stages.
D:   Constrictions only on flanks.
E:   No ventrolateral grooves.
G:   Rounded lobes.

Balvia lens and B. falx differ from Balvia in extension of the constrictions, genus insufficiently known.

Some workers synonymize this genus under Balvia Lange    TAX3005.