WoRMS taxon details
Alvania lactea (Michaud, 1830)
141203 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141203)
accepted
Species
Alvania (Massotia) lactea (Michaud, 1830) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Massotia dajerleini Monterosato, 1889 · unaccepted (synonym)
Massotia lactea (Michaud, 1830) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Massotia textilis (R. A. Philippi, 1844) sensu V. Anistratenko, 1995 · unaccepted > misapplication (probable misidentification)
Rissoa lactea Michaud, 1830 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Rissoa lactea Michaud, 1830) Michaud, A. L. G. (1830). Description de plusieurs espèces de coquilles du genre <i>Rissoa</i>. Lyon: Perrin. 19 pp., 1 pl. , available online at http://www.linneenne-lyon.org/depot/3906.pdf
page(s): p. 7-8, pl. fig. 11-12 [details]
page(s): p. 7-8, pl. fig. 11-12 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Alvania lactea (Michaud, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141203 on 2026-02-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Rissoa lactea Michaud, 1830) Michaud, A. L. G. (1830). Description de plusieurs espèces de coquilles du genre <i>Rissoa</i>. Lyon: Perrin. 19 pp., 1 pl. , available online at http://www.linneenne-lyon.org/depot/3906.pdf
page(s): p. 7-8, pl. fig. 11-12 [details]
original description (of Massotia dajerleini Monterosato, 1889) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1889). Coquilles marines marocaines. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 37(1): 20-40 [2 May 1889]; 37(2): 112-121 [20 September 1889]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16015363
page(s): 33; note: misspelled dojerleini, corrected to dajerleini p. 120 [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]
basis of record 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). <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 25(1), 83-131. [details]
page(s): p. 7-8, pl. fig. 11-12 [details]
original description (of Massotia dajerleini Monterosato, 1889) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1889). Coquilles marines marocaines. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 37(1): 20-40 [2 May 1889]; 37(2): 112-121 [20 September 1889]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16015363
page(s): 33; note: misspelled dojerleini, corrected to dajerleini p. 120 [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]
basis of record 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). <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 25(1), 83-131. [details]
Other
context source (BeRMS 2020)
Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2016): Macrobenthos monitoring in function of aggregate extraction activities in the Belgian part of the North Sea. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | wit drijfhorentjemelkwit drijfhorentje | [details] |
| English | milky white spire shellmilk-white risso | [details] |
| German | Milchweiße Kleinschnecke | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications)
To Malacopics (Alvania lactea (Michaud, 1830) Greece, Ionia Nisia, Kefallonia, Kefalonia Island, A...
To Malacopics (Alvania lactea (Michaud, 1830) )
To PESI (from synonym Rissoa lactea Michaud, 1830)
To PESI (from synonym Massotia dajerleini Monterosato, 1889)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Malacopics (Alvania lactea (Michaud, 1830) Greece, Ionia Nisia, Kefallonia, Kefalonia Island, A...
To Malacopics (Alvania lactea (Michaud, 1830) )
To PESI (from synonym Rissoa lactea Michaud, 1830)
To PESI (from synonym Massotia dajerleini Monterosato, 1889)
To PESI
To ITIS
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