WoRMS name details
Littorina kurila Middendorff, 1848
445758 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:445758)
unaccepted
Species
- Variety Littorina kurila var. costulata Middendorff, 1851 accepted as Littorina sitkana R. A. Philippi, 1846
- Variety Littorina kurila var. fasciatus Middendorff, 1851 accepted as Littorina sitkana R. A. Philippi, 1846
- Variety Littorina kurila var. fuscus Middendorff, 1851 accepted as Littorina sitkana R. A. Philippi, 1846
- Variety Littorina kurila var. griseolacteus Middendorff, 1851 accepted as Littorina sitkana R. A. Philippi, 1846
- Variety Littorina kurila var. zonatus Middendorff, 1851 accepted as Littorina sitkana R. A. Philippi, 1846
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Middendorff A.T. von. (1848). Vorläufige Anzeige einiger neuen Konchylien aus den Geschlechtern: Littorina, Tritonium, Bullia, Natica und Margarita. <em>Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg.</em> 7(16): 241-246., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45977377
page(s): 242 [details]
page(s): 242 [details]
Note Russia, Sea of Okhotsk, Kurile Islands
Type locality Russia, Sea of Okhotsk, Kurile Islands [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Littorina kurila Middendorff, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=445758 on 2025-05-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Middendorff A.T. von. (1848). Vorläufige Anzeige einiger neuen Konchylien aus den Geschlechtern: Littorina, Tritonium, Bullia, Natica und Margarita. <em>Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg.</em> 7(16): 241-246., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45977377
page(s): 242 [details]
basis of record Reid, D. G. (1989). The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.</em> 324: 1-110., available online at https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1989.0040 [details]
page(s): 242 [details]
basis of record Reid, D. G. (1989). The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.</em> 324: 1-110., available online at https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1989.0040 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Reid, D. G. (1996). Systematics and evolution of <i>Littorina</i>. <em>The Ray Society.</em> 463p. [details]
Other
additional source
Middendorff, A. T. von. (1851). Mollusken, pp. 163-464, pls. 8-30. - <i>In</i>: Brandt, F., Erichson, W. F., Fischer, S., Grube, E., Ménétriés, E. & Middendorff, A. T. von: Reise in den äussersten Norden und Osten Sibiriens während der Jahre 1843 und 1844. Band II. Zoologie. Theil 1. Wirbellose Thiere: Annulaten. Echinodermen. Insecten. Krebse. Mollusken. Parasiten. St. Petersburg: Buchdruckerei der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 516 pp., 32 pls. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37047707
page(s): 201, 202, pl. XI, fig. 13, 14 [details]
additional source Middendorff T. A. von. (1849). Beiträge zur einer Malacozoologica Rossica, II. Aufzählung und Beschreibung der zur Meeresfauna Russlands gehörigen Einschaler. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St-Petersbourg, sixième série, Sciences naturelles.</em> 6: 329-516, pl. 1-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29015189
page(s): 392 [details]
page(s): 201, 202, pl. XI, fig. 13, 14 [details]
additional source Middendorff T. A. von. (1849). Beiträge zur einer Malacozoologica Rossica, II. Aufzählung und Beschreibung der zur Meeresfauna Russlands gehörigen Einschaler. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St-Petersbourg, sixième série, Sciences naturelles.</em> 6: 329-516, pl. 1-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29015189
page(s): 392 [details]





From editor or global species database
Type locality Russia, Sea of Okhotsk, Kurile Islands [details]