MolluscaBase - Alvania townsendi (Melvill, 1910)

WoRMS taxon details

Alvania townsendi (Melvill, 1910)

AphiaID

594829 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:594829)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Alvania Risso, 1826

Original name

Rissoa (Apicularia) townsendi Melvill, 1910

Environment

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

Original description

(of Rissoa (Apicularia) townsendi Melvill, 1910) Melvill, J. C. (1910). Descriptions of twenty-nine species of marine Mollusca from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea, mostly collected by Mr. F. W. Townsend, of the Indo-European Telegraph Service. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 8, 6: 1-17., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18619242
page(s): 7, pl. 1, fig. 11 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania townsendi (Melvill, 1910). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594829 on 2024-11-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2012-01-23 22:23:43Z

created

Rosenberg, Gary

2022-01-24 00:08:10Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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original description (of Rissoa (Apicularia) townsendi Melvill, 1910) Melvill, J. C. (1910). Descriptions of twenty-nine species of marine Mollusca from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea, mostly collected by Mr. F. W. Townsend, of the Indo-European Telegraph Service. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 8, 6: 1-17., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18619242
page(s): 7, pl. 1, fig. 11 [details]

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