Marine Species Traits - Alvania cimex (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Alvania cimex (Linnaeus, 1758)

Alvania cimex (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimens from Benalmádena, Spain (actual sizes 5.2 and 5.7 mm).

AphiaID

141167 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141167)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Alvania Risso, 1826

Original name

Turbo cimex Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Alvania cimex (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141167 on 2025-09-17

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Alvania cimex (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141167 on 2025-09-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Verduin, A. (1986). Alvania cimex (L.) s. l. (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia), an aggregate species. Basteria. 50 (1/3): 25-32., available online at http://natuurtijdschriften.nl/download?type=document&docid=596818 [details]

additional source Landau, B., Amati, B., Harzhauser, M. (2025). The Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, southern Spain. Part 27: Revision of the genera Alvania Risso, 1826 and Manzonia Brusina, 1870 (Rissoidae, Caenogastropoda). Cainozoic Research. 25(1), 83-131. [details]