WoRMS taxon details
Littoraria glabrata (Philippi, 1846)
AphiaID: 208933
AphiaID: 208933
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Littorinoidea (Superfamily) > Littorinidae (Family) > Littorininae (Subfamily) > Littoraria (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted | |||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Littoraria coccinea glabrata (Philippi, 1846) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Littoraria Gray, 1833 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Reid, D.G. (1986). The littorinid molluscs of mangrove forests in the Indo-Pacific region. British Museum (Natural History), London. [details] additional source: Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 30 [details] additional source: Reid, D.G. (1989a) The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 324: 1-110. [details] additional source: Reid, D.G., Dyal, P. & Williams, S.T. (2009) Global diversification of mangrove fauna: a molecular phylogeny of Littoraria (Gastropoda: Littorinidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | East Coast of South Africa [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection | |||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Up to 3 cm, surface with fine spiral ribs. Colour variable, often with regularly spaced, pale brown zigzag markings on lighter yellowish-pink background. Habitat: supralittoral rocks. Distribution: Indian Ocean. (Richmond, 1997). [details] Remark: Subgenus Littoraria [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208933 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Rosenberg, G.; Reid, David G. (2013). Littoraria glabrata (Philippi, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208933 on 2013-05-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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