WoRMS taxon details
Afrolittorina S. T. Williams, D. Reid & Littlewood, 2003
446385 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:446385)
accepted
Genus
Littorina africana R. A. Philippi, 1847 accepted as Afrolittorina africana (R. A. Philippi, 1847) (type by original designation)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Williams, S.; Reid, D.; Littlewood, D. (2003). A molecular phylogeny of the Littorininae (Gastropoda: Littorinidae): unequal evolutionary rates, morphological parallelism, and biogeography of the Southern Ocean. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 28(1): 60-86., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s1055-7903(03)00038-1 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Afrolittorina S. T. Williams, D. Reid & Littlewood, 2003. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446385 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Williams, S.; Reid, D.; Littlewood, D. (2003). A molecular phylogeny of the Littorininae (Gastropoda: Littorinidae): unequal evolutionary rates, morphological parallelism, and biogeography of the Southern Ocean. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 28(1): 60-86., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s1055-7903(03)00038-1 [details]
basis of record Reid, D. G.; Williams, S. T. (2004). The subfamily Littorininae (Gastropoda, Littorinidae) in the temperate Southern Hemisphere: the genera <i>Nodilittorina</i>, <i>Austrolittorina</i> and <i>Afrolittorina</i>. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 56: 75-122.
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basis of record Reid, D. G.; Williams, S. T. (2004). The subfamily Littorininae (Gastropoda, Littorinidae) in the temperate Southern Hemisphere: the genera <i>Nodilittorina</i>, <i>Austrolittorina</i> and <i>Afrolittorina</i>. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 56: 75-122.
page(s): 100 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
