WoRMS taxon details
Littorina plena A. A. Gould, 1849
445659 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:445659)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gould, A. A. (1849). [Descriptions of new species of shells, brought home by the U. S. Exploring Expedition]. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 3: 83-85, 89-92, 106-108, 118-121 [May 1849], 140-144., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870391
page(s): 84. [details]
page(s): 84. [details]
Type locality contained in San Francisco Bay
type locality contained in San Francisco Bay [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Littorina plena A. A. Gould, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=445659 on 2026-09-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Gould, A. A. (1849). [Descriptions of new species of shells, brought home by the U. S. Exploring Expedition]. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 3: 83-85, 89-92, 106-108, 118-121 [May 1849], 140-144., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870391
page(s): 84. [details]
basis of record Reid, D. G. (1996). Systematics and evolution of <i>Littorina</i>. <em>The Ray Society.</em> 463p. [details]
page(s): 84. [details]
basis of record Reid, D. G. (1996). Systematics and evolution of <i>Littorina</i>. <em>The Ray Society.</em> 463p. [details]
Other
additional source
Reid, D. G. (1989). The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.</em> 324: 1-110., available online at https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1989.0040 [details] Available for editors 
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Littorina plena)
To GenBank (252 nucleotides; 111 proteins)
To Malacopics (Littorina plena A. Gould, 1849 United States, California, Marin County Stinson beac...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Littorina plena)
To GenBank (252 nucleotides; 111 proteins)
To Malacopics (Littorina plena A. Gould, 1849 United States, California, Marin County Stinson beac...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
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