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Alvania almo Bartsch, 1911 
AphiaID: 593629

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		  Alvinia almo (Bartsch, 1911)
 Manzonia almo (Bartsch, 1911)
Sources  original description: Bartsch P. 1911. The Recent and fossil mollusks of the genus Alvania from the West coast of America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 41(1863): 333-362, pl. 29-32, available online at http://si-pddr.si.edu/jspui/bitstream/10088/14299/1/USNMP-41_1863_1911.pdf [details]

basis of record: 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:
page(s): 73 [details]

Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To ITIS
Note  Taxonomy: This and other Western American species were attributed to Alvinia Monterosato, 1884, following Keen (1971); neverteless it is not proved to be more related to the Mediterranean type species Alvania weinkauffi Weinkauff, 1868 tan to other Alvania s.l. and is therefore retained in Alvania.  [details]
Image 
Alvania almo
Alvania almo
added on 2012-08-09 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:593629
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2012-01-11 03:17:05Z  created  Rosenberg, Gary
2012-05-19 13:34:38Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
2012-06-27 20:15:20Z  changed  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2013). Alvania almo Bartsch, 1911. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=593629 on 2013-05-21
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