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Alvania almo Bartsch, 1915
866512 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:866512)
unaccepted (junior primary homonym of Alvania almo Bartsch, 1911)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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): 128-129; plate 21, fig. 7 [details]
page(s): 128-129; plate 21, fig. 7 [details]
Type locality contained in Port Alfred
type locality contained in Port Alfred [details]
Taxonomy Tomlin (1931: 321) synonymized the two nominal species and therefore saw no need to introduce a replacement name for A....
Taxonomy Tomlin (1931: 321) synonymized the two nominal species and therefore saw no need to introduce a replacement name for A. almo Bartsch, 1915 non Bartsch, 1911. [details]
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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): 128-129; plate 21, fig. 7 [details]
additional source Bartsch, P. (1928). <i>Alvania</i> in South Africa: a correction. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 41(4): 141., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519876 [details]
source of synonymy Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1931). On South African marine Mollusca, with descriptions of new genera and species. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 6(3): 415-450, pl. 33.
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page(s): 128-129; plate 21, fig. 7 [details]
additional source Bartsch, P. (1928). <i>Alvania</i> in South Africa: a correction. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 41(4): 141., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519876 [details]
source of synonymy Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1931). On South African marine Mollusca, with descriptions of new genera and species. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 6(3): 415-450, pl. 33.
page(s): 421 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy Tomlin (1931: 321) synonymized the two nominal species and therefore saw no need to introduce a replacement name for A. almo Bartsch, 1915 non Bartsch, 1911. [details]
