WoRMS taxon details
Alviniconcha hessleri Okutani & Ohta, 1988
449947 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:449947)
accepted
Species
marine
Okutani, T. & Ohta, S. (1988). A new gastropod mollusk associated with hydrothermal vents in the Mariana Back-Arc Basin, western Pacific. <em>Venus.</em> 47(1): 1-9. [details] Available for editors 
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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Alviniconcha hessleri Okutani & Ohta, 1988. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=449947 on 2025-08-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Okutani, T. & Ohta, S. (1988). A new gastropod mollusk associated with hydrothermal vents in the Mariana Back-Arc Basin, western Pacific. <em>Venus.</em> 47(1): 1-9. [details] Available for editors [request]
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redescription
Johnson, S. B.; Warén, A.; Tunnicliffe, V.; Dover, C. V.; Wheat, C. G.; Schultz, T. F.; Vrijenhoek, R. C. (2014). Molecular taxonomy and naming of five cryptic species of Alviniconcha snails (Gastropoda: Abyssochrysoidea) from hydrothermal vents. <em>Systematics and Biodiversity.</em> 1-18., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2014.970673 [details] Available for editors [request]
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context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Warén, A. & Bouchet, P. (1993). New records, species, genera, and a new family of gastropods from hydrothermal vents and hydrocarbon seeps. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 22: 1-90. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Desbruyères, D., M. Segonzac & M. Bright (eds.). (2006). Handbook of Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vent Fauna. Second Edition Denisia 18:1-544. (Copepods 316-355) (Polychaeta 183-296), available online at http://www.landesmuseum.at/datenbanken/digilit/?litnr=23702 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kojima, S.; Fujikura, K.; Okutani, T.; Hashimoto, J. (2004). Phylogenetic Relationship of Alviniconcha Gastropods from the Indian Ocean to Those from the Pacific Ocean (Mollusca: Provannidae) Revealed by Nucleotide Sequences of Mitochondrial DNA. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 63 (1-2): 65-68. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Baba, K. (1990). Notes on the Rare Genera <em>Trapania</em> and <em>Ancula</em> from Japan with the Description of a New Species (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae). <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 49(1):8-18. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Warén, A. & Bouchet, P. (1993). New records, species, genera, and a new family of gastropods from hydrothermal vents and hydrocarbon seeps. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 22: 1-90. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Desbruyères, D., M. Segonzac & M. Bright (eds.). (2006). Handbook of Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vent Fauna. Second Edition Denisia 18:1-544. (Copepods 316-355) (Polychaeta 183-296), available online at http://www.landesmuseum.at/datenbanken/digilit/?litnr=23702 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kojima, S.; Fujikura, K.; Okutani, T.; Hashimoto, J. (2004). Phylogenetic Relationship of Alviniconcha Gastropods from the Indian Ocean to Those from the Pacific Ocean (Mollusca: Provannidae) Revealed by Nucleotide Sequences of Mitochondrial DNA. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 63 (1-2): 65-68. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Baba, K. (1990). Notes on the Rare Genera <em>Trapania</em> and <em>Ancula</em> from Japan with the Description of a New Species (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae). <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 49(1):8-18. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat hydrothermal vents and seeps [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | アルビンガイ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (113 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Alviniconcha hessleri)
To GenBank (546 nucleotides; 395 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To Malacopics (Alviniconcha hessleri Okutani & Ohta,1988 Mariana Trench, Alice Hot Springs, hydrothermal vent, at 3350 m depth)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Alviniconcha hessleri)
To GenBank (546 nucleotides; 395 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To Malacopics (Alviniconcha hessleri Okutani & Ohta,1988 Mariana Trench, Alice Hot Springs, hydrothermal vent, at 3350 m depth)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
