WoRMS taxon details

Alvania argentea (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892)

594837  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:594837)

accepted
Species
Rissoa (Alvania) argentea G. B. Sowerby III, 1892 · alternative representation (basionym)
Rissoa argentea G. B. Sowerby III, 1892 · unaccepted (Alvania accepted as full genus)
marine, terrestrial
(of Rissoa (Alvania) argentea G. B. Sowerby III, 1892) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1892). <i>Marine shells of South Africa. A catalogue of all the known species with references to figures in various works, descriptions of new species, and figures of such as are new, little known, or hitherto unfigured</i>, London: G. B. Sowerby. 89 pp., 5 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1353472
page(s): 38, pl. 2, fig. 40. [details]   
Type locality contained in Port Elizabeth  
type locality contained in Port Elizabeth [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania argentea (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594837 on 2024-03-29
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2012-01-23 22:23:43Z
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2020-05-06 13:45:06Z
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2020-07-26 09:27:40Z
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original description  (of Rissoa (Alvania) argentea G. B. Sowerby III, 1892) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1892). <i>Marine shells of South Africa. A catalogue of all the known species with references to figures in various works, descriptions of new species, and figures of such as are new, little known, or hitherto unfigured</i>, London: G. B. Sowerby. 89 pp., 5 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1353472
page(s): 38, pl. 2, fig. 40. [details]   

basis of record Bartsch, P. (1915). Report on the Turton Collection of South African marine mollusks, with additional notes on other South African shells contained in the United States National Museum. <em>Bulletin. United States National Museum.</em> 91: xii + 305 pp., 54 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32699
page(s): 129 [details]   

additional source Barnard, K. H. (1963). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part III. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Taenioglossa. <em>i>Annals of the South African Museum</i.</em> 47(1): 1-199., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40854388
page(s): 186. [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality