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Alvania cimex (Linnaeus, 1758)

Alvania cimex (Linnaeus, 1758)Specimens from Benalmena, Spain (actual sizes 5.2 and 5.7 mm).
Alvania cimex (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimens from Benalmena, Spain (actual sizes 5.2 and 5.7 mm).

141167  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141167)

accepted
Species
Alvania cimicina Locard, 1886 · unaccepted (unjustified emendation)
Alvania europea Risso, 1826 · unaccepted (synonym)
Alvania freminvillea Risso, 1826 · unaccepted (synonym)
Alvania pyramidata Risso, 1826 · unaccepted (synonym)
Rissoa cancellata Desmarest, 1814 · uncertain > nomen dubium
Rissoa cimex (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Turbo calathiscus Montagu, 1808 · unaccepted (dubious synonym)
Turbo cimex Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Turbo cimex Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Alvania cimex (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141167 on 2026-06-06
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Alvania cimex (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=141167 on 2026-06-06
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Gofas, Serge

original description (of Turbo cimex Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

original description (of Rissoa granulata R. A. Philippi, 1836) Philippi, R. A. (1836). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 1. xiv + 267 p., pls. 1-12. Sumptibus Simonis Schroppii et Sociorum. Berolini [Berlin]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46935803
page(s): 153 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Alvania cimicina 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): 239 [details] 

original description (of Alvania europea Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. <em>In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984
page(s): 142; pl. 9 fig. 116 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Alvania freminvillea Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. <em>In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984
page(s): 141–142, pl. 9, fig. 118 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Alvania pyramidata Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. <em>In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984
page(s): 144 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Turbo calathiscus Montagu, 1808) Montagu, G. (1808). Supplement to Testacea Britannica with Additional Plates. Woolmer, Exeter. v + 183 pp., pl. 17-30. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61685744
page(s): 132, pl. 30 fig. 5 [details] 

original description (of Rissoa cancellata Desmarest, 1814) Desmarest A. G. (1814). Description des coquilles univalves du genre <i>Rissoa</i> de M. De Fréminville. <em>Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris.</em> 1814: 7-9, pl. 1., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4121250
page(s): 8-9; plate 1, fig. 5 [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 Verduin, A. (1986). <i>Alvania cimex</i> (L.) s. l. (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia), an aggregate species. <em>Basteria.</em> 50 (1/3): 25-32., available online at http://natuurtijdschriften.nl/download?type=document&docid=596818 [details] 

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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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Alvania freminvillea Risso, 1826)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Alvania europea Risso, 1826)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Alvania cimicina Locard, 1886)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Alvania cimex) 
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Turbo cimex Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) 
To Malacopics (Alvania cimex (Linnaeus, 1758) Croatia, Istarska Zupanija, Koromacno near Labin, Ra... 
To Malacopics (Alvania cimex (Linnaeus, 1758) Spain, Baleares, Menorca, Binibeca Vel) 
To Malacopics (Alvania cimex (Linnaeus, 1758) Spain, Islas Baleares, Mallorca, Porto Petra, at 5 m... 
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Turbo cimex Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Rissoa granulata R. A. Philippi, 1836)
To PESI (from synonym Alvania cimicina Locard, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Alvania europea Risso, 1826)
To PESI (from synonym Alvania freminvillea Risso, 1826)
To PESI (from synonym Alvania pyramidata Risso, 1826)
To PESI (from synonym Turbo calathiscus Montagu, 1808)
To PESI (from synonym Rissoa cimex (Linnaeus, 1758))
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