African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Littorina obesa G. B. Sowerby I, 1832

AfReMaS name details

Littorina obesa G. B. Sowerby I, 1832

AphiaID

211281 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:211281)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Littoraria coccinea (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank

Species

Parent

Littorina A. Férussac, 1822

Orig. name

Littorina obesa G. B. Sowerby I, 1832

Environment

marine

Original description

Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673
page(s): 37, [211], fig. 6 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Littorina obesa G. B. Sowerby I, 1832. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/afremas%20/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211281 on 2024-04-19

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024). African Register of Marine Species. Littorina obesa G. B. Sowerby I, 1832. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211281 on 2024-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-22 16:55:09Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-09-14 06:49:43Z

changed

Garcia, Maria

2011-04-15 10:49:36Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2020-05-12 06:05:54Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

2022-06-13 02:02:16Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

[taxonomic tree]

original description Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673
page(s): 37, [211], fig. 6 [details]

basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/z02189p218f.pdf [details]

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

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection