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 2026-01-20
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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]
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 )
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 )
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
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