WoRMS name details
original description
(of Turbo palliatus Say, 1822) Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 2(1): 221-248; 2(2): 257-276, 302-325., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831411 page(s): 240 [details]
basis of record
Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Anonymous. (1933). A statistical test of the species concept in <i>Littorina</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 46(3): 106., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519461 [details]
From other sources
Distribution L. palliata was reported at the Belgian coast, but were probably misidentifications. This species is a typical cold water form (coasts of Iceland, Greenland and northern Norway) [details]
Publication date The date of publication is 1822 in stead of 1821. [details]
Taxonomy This Littorina obtusata complex contains L. obtusata, L. mariae and L. palliata Say, 1821 [details]
Validity According to the ITIS database this species is invalid, it's a synonym of Littorina obtusata palliata Say 1822. [details]
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