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Littorina africana (Krauss in Philippi, 1847) 
AphiaID: 211284

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  Afrolittorina africana (Krauss in Philippi, 1847)
Rank Species
Parent Littorina Férussac, 1822
Source  source of synonymy: Reid D.G. (2007) The genus Echinolittorina Habe, 1956 (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 1420: 1-161. [8 March 2007]  [details]

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Subspecies Littorina africana pica Turton, 1932 accepted as Afrolittorina knysnaensis (Krauss in Philippi, 1847)
Distribution Mozambique [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:211284
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-07-28 09:42:35Z  created  Onyango, Eunice
1998-01-13 12:02:14Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-01-18 16:02:54Z  changed  Reid, David G.
2010-01-27 14:30:53Z  changed  Tran, Bastien
2010-12-01 13:53:47Z  changed  Tran, Bastien
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Littorina africana (Krauss in Philippi, 1847). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211284 on 2013-06-19
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