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WoRMS taxon details

Littoraria irrorata (Say, 1822)

AphiaID

419566 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:419566)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Littoraria J. E. Gray, 1833

Original name

Turbo irroratus Say, 1822

Synonymised names

Litorina irrorata (Say, 1822) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)

Littorina irrorata (Say, 1822) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Littorina lunata H. C. Lea, 1845 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Littorina sayi R. A. Philippi, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Turbo irroratus Say, 1822 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Turbo irroratus Say, 1822) Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 2(1): 221-248; 2(2): 257-276, 302-325., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831411
page(s): 239 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Littoraria irrorata (Say, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419566 on 2026-09-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-10-06 12:38:14Z

created

db_admin

2010-01-05 15:18:33Z

changed

Reid, David G.

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Littorina lunata H. C. Lea, 1845) Lea, H. C. (1845). A description of some new species of marine shells inhabiting the coast of the United States. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 1: 204-205. [details]

original description (of Littorina sayi R. A. Philippi, 1846) Philippi, R. A. (1846). Descriptions of a new species of Trochus, and of eighteen new species of Littorina, in the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 13 ("1845"): 138-143., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862634
page(s): 140 [details]

original description (of Turbo irroratus Say, 1822) Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 2(1): 221-248; 2(2): 257-276, 302-325., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831411
page(s): 239 [details]

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

Other

additional source Reid, D. G. (1989). The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 324: 1-110., available online at https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1989.0040 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Reid, D. G., Dyal, P., & Williams, S. T. (2010). Global diversification of mangrove fauna: a molecular phylogeny of Littoraria (Gastropoda: Littorinidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 55:185-201., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2009.09.036 [details]

additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors

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