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Littoraria melanostoma (Gray, 1839) 
AphiaID: 445603

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Littorinoidea (Superfamily) > Littorinidae (Family) > Littorininae (Subfamily) > Littoraria (Genus)
Status accepted
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Rank Species
Parent Littoraria Gray, 1833
Synonymised
taxa		  Littorina melanostoma Gray, 1839
 Littorina melanostoma var. articulata Nevill, 1885
Sources  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. (2001). New data on the taxonomy and distribution of the genus Littoraria Griffith and Pidgeon, 1834 (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in Indo-West Pacific mangrove forests. Nautilus 115:115­-139. [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]

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

Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Image 
Littoraria melanostoma
Littoraria melanostoma
added on 2013-01-21 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:445603
Taxonomic
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2009-12-22 15:53:53Z  created  Reid, David G.
  
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  Citation: Reid, David G. (2013). Littoraria melanostoma (Gray, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=445603 on 2013-05-21
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