Marine Species Traits - Littorininae Children, 1834

Traits taxon details

Littorininae Children, 1834

AphiaID

153707 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153707)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subfamily

Parent

Littorinidae Children, 1834

Original name

Littorinidae Children, 1834

Direct children (15)

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Genus Afrolittorina S. T. Williams, D. Reid & Littlewood, 2003
Genus Austrolittorina Rosewater, 1970
Genus Cenchritis E. von Martens, 1900
Genus Echinolittorina T. Habe, 1956
Genus Eula Kadolsky, 1973 †
Genus Littoraria J. E. Gray, 1833
Genus Littorina A. Férussac, 1822
Genus Mainwaringia G. Nevill, 1885
Genus Melarhaphe Menke, 1828
Genus Nodilittorina E. von Martens, 1897
Genus Peasiella G. Nevill, 1885
Genus Prosthenodon Cossmann, 1888 †
Genus Tectarius Valenciennes, 1832
Genus Litorina [sic] accepted as Littorina A. Férussac, 1822 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Genus Littorinopsis Mörch, 1876 accepted as Littoraria (Littorinopsis) Mörch, 1876 represented as Littoraria J. E. Gray, 1833 (unaccepted > superseded rank)

Environment

marine, brackish, terrestrial

Original description

(of Littorinidae Children, 1834) Children J.G. (1834). [Mollusca]. Pp. 88-118, in: <i>Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum</i>, ed. 28: 88-118. [Authorship attributed to Children after G. Steiner & A.R. Kabat, 2001, Zoosystema, 23(3): 454-455].
page(s): 110 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Littorininae Children, 1834. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153707 on 2026-10-06

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Littorininae Children, 1834. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153707 on 2026-10-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-15 07:47:28Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2009-03-27 17:40:10Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2010-08-31 03:55:10Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2011-06-28 12:47:57Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2011-08-29 10:44:02Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2025-12-23 21:59:24Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of Littorinidae Children, 1834) Children J.G. (1834). [Mollusca]. Pp. 88-118, in: <i>Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum</i>, ed. 28: 88-118. [Authorship attributed to Children after G. Steiner & A.R. Kabat, 2001, Zoosystema, 23(3): 454-455].
page(s): 110 [details]

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