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Alvania punctura (Montagu, 1803)
141230 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141230)
accepted
Species
Alvania (Arsenia) punctura (Montagu, 1803) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Alvania puncturata Locard, 1886 · unaccepted (unjustified emendation)
Arsenia punctura (Montagu, 1803) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Rissoa punctura (Montagu, 1803) · unaccepted
Rissoa punctura var. diversa Jeffreys, 1867 · unaccepted (synonym)
Turbo punctura Montagu, 1803 · unaccepted
Turritella dorvilleana Leach, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Turbo punctura Montagu, 1803) 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.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): 320, pl. 12 fig. 5 [details]
page(s): 320, pl. 12 fig. 5 [details]
Type locality contained in United Kingdom part of the English Channel
type locality contained in United Kingdom part of the English Channel [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution Eastern Atlantic, from Norway to the strait of Gibraltar, intertidal to ca. 100 m depth; rare and rather local in the...
Distribution Absent from Baltic and eastern basin of English Channel
Distribution Eastern Atlantic, from Norway to the strait of Gibraltar, intertidal to ca. 100 m depth; rare and rather local in the Western Mediterranean in 50-200 m. Gorringe and Ampère seamounts, rare in 265-320 m. [details]
Distribution Absent from Baltic and eastern basin of English Channel
Distribution Absent from Baltic and eastern basin of English Channel [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Alvania punctura (Montagu, 1803). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141230 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Turbo punctura Montagu, 1803) 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.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): 320, pl. 12 fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Alvania puncturata Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). <i>Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins</i>. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 247 [details]
original description (of Rissoa punctura var. diversa Jeffreys, 1867) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 18 [details]
original description (of Turritella dorvilleana Leach, 1852) Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain, arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp., pls 1-5*,5**-13 (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107076
page(s): 161 [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]
additional source Gofas, S.; Warén A. (1982). Taxonomie de quelque espèces du genre <i>Alvania</i> (Mollusca, Gastropoda) des côtes ibériques et marocaines. <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 18(1-4): 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49946527 [details]
additional source Tabanelli, C., Bertaccini, E., Bertamini, R., Bongiardino, C., Gardella, F. & P. Petracci. (2020). La malacofauna dello "spungone". Le famiglie Rissoidae e Rissoinidae: addenda et corrigenda (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Littorinimorpha: Rissoidae, Rissoinidae). <em>Quaderni di Studi e Notizie di Stiria Naturale della Romagna.</em> 51: 19-40.
page(s): 26, fig. 28 [details] Available for editors
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additional source 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): 320, pl. 12 fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Alvania puncturata Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). <i>Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins</i>. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 247 [details]
original description (of Rissoa punctura var. diversa Jeffreys, 1867) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 18 [details]
original description (of Turritella dorvilleana Leach, 1852) Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain, arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp., pls 1-5*,5**-13 (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107076
page(s): 161 [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]
additional source Gofas, S.; Warén A. (1982). Taxonomie de quelque espèces du genre <i>Alvania</i> (Mollusca, Gastropoda) des côtes ibériques et marocaines. <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 18(1-4): 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49946527 [details]
additional source Tabanelli, C., Bertaccini, E., Bertamini, R., Bongiardino, C., Gardella, F. & P. Petracci. (2020). La malacofauna dello "spungone". Le famiglie Rissoidae e Rissoinidae: addenda et corrigenda (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Littorinimorpha: Rissoidae, Rissoinidae). <em>Quaderni di Studi e Notizie di Stiria Naturale della Romagna.</em> 51: 19-40.
page(s): 26, fig. 28 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source 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]
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Biology Type of larval development: planktotrophic [details]Diagnosis Shell 1.8-2 mm high, moderately solid, with a large protoconch of 2.5 whorls and teleoconch of 2.5 whorls. Sculpture of protoconch of minute granules in spiral rows hardly visible through the optical microscope. Teleoconch sculpture of fine spiral cords, narrower than interspaces and delicate, somewhat flexuous axial ribs forming a fine lattice with the cords. Aperture with outer lip slightly thickened externally, smooth inside. Colour pale buff with a subsutural series of brown spots, and a larger brown spot towards the abapical part of outer lip. [details]
Distribution Eastern Atlantic, from Norway to the strait of Gibraltar, intertidal to ca. 100 m depth; rare and rather local in the Western Mediterranean in 50-200 m. Gorringe and Ampère seamounts, rare in 265-320 m. [details]
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Distribution Absent from Baltic and eastern basin of English Channel [details]Spelling A. punctata [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | prikket tangsnegl | [details] |
| Dutch | gevlekte traliedrijfhorengevlekt traliedrijfhorentje | [details] |
To GB Mollusca Types (Turbo punctura Montagu, 1803; Syntype(s); EXEMS Moll4222) (from synonym Turbo punctura Montagu, 1803)
To Malacopics (Alvania punctura (Montagu, 1803))
To Malacopics (Alvania punctura (Montagu,1803) Spain, Cantabria, Laredo, beached in shell grit, collected May 1994, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Alvania punctura (Montagu,1803) United Kingdom, Scotland, Highland, Outer Hebrides, E of Mingulay, BIOSYS 2006, Sta. 11, by dredging, at 174 m depth, collected 2006-07-10, ex coll. J. ...
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To Malacopics (Alvania punctura (Montagu, 1803))
To Malacopics (Alvania punctura (Montagu,1803) Spain, Cantabria, Laredo, beached in shell grit, collected May 1994, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Alvania punctura (Montagu,1803) United Kingdom, Scotland, Highland, Outer Hebrides, E of Mingulay, BIOSYS 2006, Sta. 11, by dredging, at 174 m depth, collected 2006-07-10, ex coll. J. ...
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