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WoRMS taxon details

Littoraria tessellata (R. A. Philippi, 1847)

AphiaID

419568 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:419568)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Littoraria J. E. Gray, 1833

Original name

Litorina tessellata R. A. Philippi, 1847

Synonymised names

Litorina tessellata R. A. Philippi, 1847 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Littorina undulata A. d'Orbigny, 1841 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)

invalid: junior homonym of Littorina undulata Gray, 1839; Litorina tessellata is a replacement name

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Litorina tessellata R. A. Philippi, 1847) Philippi, R. A. (1842-1850). Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien unter Mithülfe mehrerer deutscher Conchyliologen. Cassel, T. Fischer. Vol. 1: 1-20 [1842], 21-76 [1843], 77-186 [1844], 187-204 [1845]; Vol. 2: 1-64 [1845], 65-152 [1846], 153-232 [1847] ; Vol. 3: 1-50 [1847], 51-82 [1848], 1-88 [1849], 89-138 [1850]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41582
page(s): 2: 226-227, pl. 5 fig. 26 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Littoraria tessellata (R. A. Philippi, 1847). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419568 on 2025-05-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-10-06 12:38:14Z

created

db_admin

2010-01-05 15:18:33Z

changed

Reid, David G.

2021-05-21 11:20:39Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2023-02-28 12:49:09Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Litorina tessellata R. A. Philippi, 1847) Philippi, R. A. (1842-1850). Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien unter Mithülfe mehrerer deutscher Conchyliologen. Cassel, T. Fischer. Vol. 1: 1-20 [1842], 21-76 [1843], 77-186 [1844], 187-204 [1845]; Vol. 2: 1-64 [1845], 65-152 [1846], 153-232 [1847] ; Vol. 3: 1-50 [1847], 51-82 [1848], 1-88 [1849], 89-138 [1850]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41582
page(s): 2: 226-227, pl. 5 fig. 26 [details]

original description (of Littorina undulata A. d'Orbigny, 1841) Orbigny, A. d'. (1841-1853). Mollusques. In: R. de la Sagra (ed.). Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'Ile de Cuba. Arthus Bertrand, Paris. Vol 1: 1-264 [pp. 1-208, pls 1-8, 4bis [1841]; 209-264 [1842]; Vol. 2: 1-380 [pp. 1-112, pls 9-19 [1842]; 113-380, pls 20-28 [1853]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/138987
page(s): 1: 212, pl. 15 figs 12, 14 [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]

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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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]