WoRMS

WoRMS name details

Alvania circinata A. Adams, 1861

AphiaID

872318 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:872318)

Classification

Status

uncertain > taxon inquirendum

Rank

Species

Parent

Alvania Risso, 1826

Original name

Alvania circinata A. Adams, 1861

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Adams, A. (1861). On some new species of Mollusca from the north of China and Japan. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3) 8: 135-142., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15602164
page(s): 137. [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Sea of Japan

type locality contained in Sea of Japan [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Alvania circinata A. Adams, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=872318 on 2025-12-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-03-20 16:07:28Z

created

Faber, Marien

2021-10-26 10:14:12Z

changed

Herbert, David

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Nomenclature

original description Adams, A. (1861). On some new species of Mollusca from the north of China and Japan. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3) 8: 135-142., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15602164
page(s): 137. [details]

Other

additional source Higo, S.; Callomon, P.; Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.
page(s): 99. [details] Available for editors