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Alvania moerchi (Collin, 1886) 
AphiaID: 141216

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Rissooidea (Superfamily) > Rissoidae (Family) > Rissoinae (Subfamily) > Alvania (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Alvania Risso, 1826
Synonymised
taxa		  Cingula moerchi Collin, 1887
 Onoba moerchi Collin, 1886
Sources  basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

from synonym: Abbott R. T. (1974). American Seashells. The marine mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. II edit. Van Nostrand, New York 663 p. + 24 pl:  [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine
Distribution Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Saguenay Fjord [details]
Links To CLEMAM
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: Saguenay Fjord; downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary [details]

Habitat: circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Image 
Alvania moerchi
Alvania moerchi
added on 2007-01-31 - author: Warén, Anders
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141216
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Alvania moerchi. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141216 on 2013-05-23
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