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Littorina obesa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) 
AphiaID: 211281

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Littorinoidea (Superfamily) > Littorinidae (Family) > Littorininae (Subfamily) > Littorina (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status
 Edited by Database Management Team
Accepted name  Littoraria coccinea (Gmelin, 1791)
Rank Species
Parent Littorina Férussac, 1822
Sources  basis of record: Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218. [details]

source of synonymy: Reid, D.G. (1986). The littorinid molluscs of mangrove forests in the Indo-Pacific region. British Museum (Natural History), London. [details]

Environment marine
Distribution Mozambique [details]
Tanzania [details]
Link To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Note  Description: Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:211281
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-02-22 16:55:09Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-14 06:49:43Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2011-04-15 10:49:36Z  changed  Tran, Bastien
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Littorina obesa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211281 on 2013-05-22
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