MolluscaBase name details
Actonia Monterosato, 1884
710155 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:710155)
unaccepted
Genus
Rissoa testae Aradas & Maggiore, 1844 accepted as Alvania testae (Aradas & Maggiore, 1844) (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Actonia alexandrae (O. Boettger, 1902) † accepted as Alvania alexandrae O. Boettger, 1902 † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Actonia regarded as a junior synonym of Alvania)
- Species Actonia crassistriata (S. V. Wood, 1848) † accepted as Alvania crassistriata (S. V. Wood, 1848) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Actonia granulosculpta (L. Seguenza, 1903) † accepted as Alvania litoralis (F. Nordsieck, 1972) (dubious synonym)
marine
Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). <i>Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee</i>. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711
page(s): 61 [details]
page(s): 61 [details]
Note Type species Rissoa testae Aradas & Maggiore,...
Type species Type species Rissoa testae Aradas & Maggiore, 1844, subsequent designation by Crosse, 1885 in book review [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Actonia Monterosato, 1884. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=710155 on 2025-09-10
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Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). <i>Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee</i>. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711
page(s): 61 [details]
source of synonymy Ponder, W. F. (1985). A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> Suppl. 4: 1-221. [12 February 1985]., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Ponder-1985-Rec-Aust-Mus-Suppl-4-1221/ [details] Available for editors
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subsequent type designation Crosse, H. (1885). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee, pel Marchese di Monterosato [book review]. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 33: 139-142., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15979493
page(s): 140 [details]
page(s): 61 [details]
source of synonymy Ponder, W. F. (1985). A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> Suppl. 4: 1-221. [12 February 1985]., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Ponder-1985-Rec-Aust-Mus-Suppl-4-1221/ [details] Available for editors

subsequent type designation Crosse, H. (1885). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee, pel Marchese di Monterosato [book review]. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 33: 139-142., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15979493
page(s): 140 [details]
From editor or global species database
Type species Type species Rissoa testae Aradas & Maggiore, 1844, subsequent designation by Crosse, 1885 in book review [details]