Littorina (Melaraphe) Mühlfeld 1828 (periwinkle)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae

Alternative spelling: Melaraphe

Parent taxon: Littorina according to R. Marquet 1997

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Vera-Peláez et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Littorina (Littorina), Littorina alta, Littorina aspera, Littorina coccinea, Littorina kneri, Littorina mariana, Littorina neritoides, Littorina obtusata, Littorina petricola, Littorina pittsburgensis, Littorina remondii, Littorina saxatilis, Littorina scabra, Littorina schuttei, Littorina sheaferi, Littorina sookensis, Littorina subobesa, Littorina tuberculostriata, Littorina undulata, Littorina unifasciata

Subtaxa: Littorina (Melaraphe) gibbosa

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Belgium (1)

• Pliocene of Belgium (2)

• Oligocene of France (1)

• Eocene of France (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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