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Afrolittorina africana (Krauss in Philippi, 1847) 
AphiaID: 446836

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Littorinoidea (Superfamily) > Littorinidae (Family) > Littorininae (Subfamily) > Afrolittorina (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Afrolittorina Williams, Reid & Littlewood, 2003
Synonymised
taxa		  Litorina africana Krauss in Philippi, 1847
 Litorina decollata Krauss in Philippi, 1847
 Littorina africana (Krauss in Philippi, 1847)
 Littorina decollata Philippi, 1847
 Littorina perplexa Turton, 1932
 Nodilittorina africana (Krauss in Philippi, 1847)
Sources  basis of record: Reid, D.G. & Williams, S.T. (2004) The subfamily Littorininae (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in the temperate Southern Hemisphere: the genera Nodilittorina, Austrolittorina and Afrolittorina. Records of the Australian Museum 56: 75­122. [details]

from synonym: Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 50 [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

from synonym: 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): 32 [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English African perwinkle (from synonym)  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Atlantic [details]
Indian Ocean [details]
Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
South Africa [details]
South Africa (country) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
South Coast of South Africa (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
West Coast of South Africa (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Note  Habitat: Known from rocky shores. [details]
Image 
Afrolittorina africana
Afrolittorina africana
added on 2013-01-21 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:446836
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2010-01-12 09:22:29Z  created  Reid, David G.
2010-01-18 12:10:06Z  changed  Reid, David G.
2010-01-27 14:30:53Z  changed  Tran, Bastien
2010-12-01 13:53:47Z  changed  Tran, Bastien
2013-05-03 17:34:48Z  checked  Reid, David G.
  
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  Citation: Reid, David G. (2013). Afrolittorina africana (Krauss in Philippi, 1847). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446836 on 2013-05-19
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