original description
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.
page(s): 421 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
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]