North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

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Turbona Leach, 1847

Alvania beani (Hanley in Thorpe, 1844)
Specimen from Sagres, Portugal (actual size 3.0 mm).

AphiaID

519412 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:519412)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Alvania Risso, 1826

Rank

Genus

Parent

Rissoidae J. E. Gray, 1847

Original name

Turbona Leach, 1847

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Subgenus Turbona (Massotiella) F. Nordsieck, 1972 accepted as Alvania Risso, 1826 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Turbona calathus (Forbes & Hanley, 1850) accepted as Alvania calathus (Forbes & Hanley, 1850) accepted as Alvania beanii (Hanley, 1844)
Species Turbona cyrtoidea F. Nordsieck, 1972 accepted as Alvania beanii (Hanley, 1844) (synonym)
Species Turbona elegantissima (Monterosato, 1875) accepted as Alvania elegantissima (Monterosato, 1875)
Species Turbona elegantula F. Nordsieck, 1972 accepted as Alvania hispidula (Monterosato, 1884) (dubious synonym)
Species Turbona hispidula (Monterosato, 1884) accepted as Alvania hispidula (Monterosato, 1884)

Environment

marine

Original description

Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 271 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Turbona Leach, 1847. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=519412 on 2026-02-04

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Turbona Leach, 1847. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=519412 on 2026-02-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2010-09-15 13:16:38Z

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Tran, Bastien

2013-01-27 12:09:03Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2024-03-23 18:56:46Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2025-12-30 02:34:34Z

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Marshall, Bruce

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original description Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 271 [details]

source of synonymy Ponder, W. F. (1985). A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum. 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

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Alvania beani (Hanley in Thorpe, 1844)
Specimen from Sagres, Portugal (actual size 3.0 mm).

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Unreviewed

Alvania beanii

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Alvania beanii

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