Marine Species Traits - Alvania tessellata Weinkauff, 1868

Traits taxon details

Alvania tessellata Weinkauff, 1868

Alvania tessellata Weinkauff, 1868
Specimen from Barbate, Spain (actual size 3.6 mm).

AphiaID

141250 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141250)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Alvania Risso, 1826

Original name

Alvania tessellata Weinkauff, 1868

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Weinkauff, H. C. (1867). Die Conchylien des Mittelmeeres, ihre geographische und geologische Verbreitung. T. Fischer, Cassel Vol. 1: pp. XIX + 307 [1867], Vol. 2: pp. VI + 512 [1868]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49636970
page(s): vol. 2, p. 311-312; note: name credited to Schwartz [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Alvania tessellata Weinkauff, 1868. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141250 on 2025-09-16

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Alvania tessellata Weinkauff, 1868. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141250 on 2025-09-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2014-01-15 15:19:21Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2022-08-27 20:10:55Z

changed

Faber, Marien

2022-08-29 07:11:35Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2024-03-20 08:52:14Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

[taxonomic tree]

original description Weinkauff, H. C. (1867). Die Conchylien des Mittelmeeres, ihre geographische und geologische Verbreitung. T. Fischer, Cassel Vol. 1: pp. XIX + 307 [1867], Vol. 2: pp. VI + 512 [1868]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49636970
page(s): vol. 2, p. 311-312; note: name credited to Schwartz [details]

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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Malacopics (Alvania tessellata Schwartz von Mohrenstern, 1868 Algeria, Alger, Zéralda, beached in shell grit, collected July 1990, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To PESI

From editor or global species database

Alvania tessellata Weinkauff, 1868
Specimen from Barbate, Spain (actual size 3.6 mm).

Unreviewed

To Malacopics (Alvania tessellata Schwartz von Mohrenstern, 1868 Algeria, Alger, Zéralda, beached in shell grit, collected July 1990, ex coll. J. Trausel)

Hosted externally

Alvania tessellata