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WRiMS taxon details

Littorina A. Férussac, 1822

Littorina littorea (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

138135 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138135)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Littorininae Children, 1834

Original name

Littorina A. Férussac, 1822

Direct children (2)

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Species Littorina littorea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Littorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Férussac, A. E. J. P. F. d'Audebard de. (1822). Tableaux systématiques des animaux mollusques classés en familles naturelles, dans lesquels on a établi la concordance de tous les systèmes; suivis d'un prodrome général pour tous les mollusques terrestres ou fluviatiles, vivants ou fossils. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11057234
page(s): XI, XXXIV [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Littorina A. Férussac, 1822. Accessed through: Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stepien, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138135 on 2025-04-04

Thematic species database citation

Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Littorina A. Férussac, 1822. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/introduced%20/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138135 on 2025-04-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2005-04-06 17:26:17Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2011-08-17 18:29:38Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2011-08-29 10:44:02Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2018-06-03 06:05:16Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

2025-02-20 19:00:51Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Férussac, A. E. J. P. F. d'Audebard de. (1822). Tableaux systématiques des animaux mollusques classés en familles naturelles, dans lesquels on a établi la concordance de tous les systèmes; suivis d'un prodrome général pour tous les mollusques terrestres ou fluviatiles, vivants ou fossils. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11057234
page(s): XI, XXXIV [details]

basis of record Reid, D. G. (1996). Systematics and evolution of <i>Littorina</i>. <em>The Ray Society.</em> 463p. [details]