Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Rissooidea > Family Rissoidae > Genus Alvania

Alvania punctura (Montagu, 1803)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Alvania*	Risso, 1826	accepted genus name
*Alcidia*	Monterosato, 1890	later homonym
*Acinopsis*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Acinus*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Alcidia*	Monterosato, 1890	synonym
*Alvania (Moniziella)*	Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Alvinia*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Galeodina*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Manzonia (Alvinia)*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Massotia*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884	synonym
*Moniziella*	Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Turbona*	Leach [in Gray], 1847	synonym

Species group names

*Alvania puncturata*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Rissoa punctura*	(Montagu, 1803)	synonym
*Rissoa punctura var. diversa*	Jeffreys, 1867	synonym
*Turbo punctura*	Montagu, 1803	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: prikket tangsnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: gevlekt traliedrijfhorentje; gevlekte traliedrijfhoren

Literature

original description	Montagu, G. (1803) Testacea Britannica or Natural History of British Shells, Marine, Land, and Fresh-water, Including the Most Minute: Systematically Arranged and Embellished with Figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp. and Vol. 2, 293–606 pp.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Alvania punctura (Montagu, 1803). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141230