Keep, J. (1888) West Coast Shells. Samuel Carson & Co., San Francisco, 230 pp. page(s): 65 [details]
Note Bartsch (1911: pl. 32, fig. 7) figures a...
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Type material Bartsch (1911: pl. 32, fig. 7) figures a syntype [USNM Cat. no. 219564] [details]
Taxonomy This and other Western American species were attributed to Alvinia Monterosato, 1884, following Keen (1971); nevertheless...
Taxonomy This and other Western American species were attributed to Alvinia Monterosato, 1884, following Keen (1971); nevertheless it is not proved to be more related to the Mediterranean type species Alvania weinkauffi Weinkauff, 1868 than to other Alvania s.l. and is therefore retained in Alvania. [details]
original descriptionKeep, J. (1888) West Coast Shells. Samuel Carson & Co., San Francisco, 230 pp. page(s): 65 [details]
basis of recordAbbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 73 [details]
identification resourceBartsch, P. (1911). The Recent and fossil mollusks of the genus <i>Alvania</i> from the west coast of America. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 41(1863): 333-362., available online athttp://si-pddr.si.edu/jspui/bitstream/10088/14299/1/USNMP-41_1863_1911.pdf page(s): 358-359; plate 32, fig. 7 [details]
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Authority Keep (1887: 65) listed this nominal species as "Alvania aequisculpta Crp", but Carpenter did not describe this species. [details] Taxonomy This and other Western American species were attributed to Alvinia Monterosato, 1884, following Keen (1971); nevertheless it is not proved to be more related to the Mediterranean type species Alvania weinkauffi Weinkauff, 1868 than to other Alvania s.l. and is therefore retained in Alvania. [details] Type material Bartsch (1911: pl. 32, fig. 7) figures a syntype [USNM Cat. no. 219564] [details]