African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Littorina A. Férussac, 1822

AfReMaS taxon details

Littorina A. Férussac, 1822

Littorina littorea (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

138135 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138135)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Littorininae Children, 1834

Orig. name

Littorina A. Férussac, 1822

Synonymised names

Litorina [sic] · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling)

Direct children (18)

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Species Littorina littorea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Littorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
Species Littorina africana R. A. Philippi, 1847 accepted as Afrolittorina africana (R. A. Philippi, 1847) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Littorina angulifera (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Littoraria angulifera (Lamarck, 1822) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Littorina glabrata R. A. Philippi, 1846 accepted as Littoraria coccinea glabrata (R. A. Philippi, 1846) (superseded rank and combination)
Species Littorina knysnaensis R. A. Philippi, 1847 accepted as Afrolittorina knysnaensis (R. A. Philippi, 1847) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Littorina kraussi Rosewater, 1970 accepted as Littoraria coccinea glabrata (R. A. Philippi, 1846)
Species Littorina mauritiana (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Littoraria mauritiana (Lamarck, 1822)
Species Littorina meleagris (Potiez & Michaud, 1838) accepted as Echinolittorina meleagris (Potiez & Michaud, 1838) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Littorina modesta R. A. Philippi, 1846 accepted as Echinolittorina modesta (R. A. Philippi, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Littorina natalensis R. A. Philippi, 1847 accepted as Echinolittorina natalensis (R. A. Philippi, 1847) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Littorina neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Melarhaphe neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Littorina obesa G. B. Sowerby I, 1832 accepted as Littoraria coccinea (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Littorina pintado (W. Wood, 1828) accepted as Littoraria pintado (W. Wood, 1828)
Species Littorina scabra (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Littoraria scabra (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Littorina striata P. P. King, 1832 accepted as Tectarius striatus (P. P. King, 1832) (original combination)
Species Littorina undulata J. E. Gray, 1839 accepted as Littoraria undulata (J. E. Gray, 1839) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Littorina ziczac (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Echinolittorina ziczac (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

Férussac, A. E. J. P. F. d'Audebard de. (1822). Tableaux systématiques des animaux mollusques classés en familles naturelles, dans lesquels on a établi la concordance de tous les systèmes; suivis d'un prodrome général pour tous les mollusques terrestres ou fluviatiles, vivants ou fossils. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11057234
page(s): XI, XXXIV [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Littorina Férussac, 1822. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138135 on 2024-04-19

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024). African Register of Marine Species. Littorina A. Férussac, 1822. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138135 on 2024-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2005-04-06 17:26:17Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2011-08-17 18:29:38Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2011-08-29 10:44:02Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2018-06-03 06:05:16Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

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original description Férussac, A. E. J. P. F. d'Audebard de. (1822). Tableaux systématiques des animaux mollusques classés en familles naturelles, dans lesquels on a établi la concordance de tous les systèmes; suivis d'un prodrome général pour tous les mollusques terrestres ou fluviatiles, vivants ou fossils. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11057234
page(s): XI, XXXIV [details]

basis of record Reid, D. G. (1996). Systematics and evolution of <i>Littorina</i>. <em>The Ray Society.</em> 463p. [details]