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Littorina

Gastropoda - Littorinidae

Taxonomy
Littorina was named by Ferussac (1821) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 876]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Turbo (Littorina) by Munster (1841).

It was assigned to Turbo by Munster (1841); to Littorininae by Wilson (1993), Marquet (1997); to Littorinidae by Holmes (1859), Martin (1904), Clark and Arnold (1923), Gardner (1948), Weisbord (1962), Olsson (1967), Ladd (1972), Kensley (1972), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Todd (2001); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
L. (Littorina), L. (Melaraphe), L. alta, L. aspera, L. coccinea, L. kneri, L. mariana, L. neritoides, L. obtusata (syn. L. lineolata), L. oligocenica, L. petricola, L. pittsburgensis, L. remondii, L. saxatilis (syn. L. rudis), L. scabra, L. schuttei, L. sheaferi, L. sookensis, L. subobesa, L. tuberculostriata, L. undulata, L. unifasciata (syn. L. diemenensis)
Species lacking formal opinion data
L. aedilis, L. affinis, L. angullifera, L. bernayi, L. brevicula, L. brevicula, L. capensis, L. cingulifera, L. conica, L. elongata, L. eofasciata, L. eofasciata, L. eofasciata, L. eofasciata, L. gigantea, L. incrtus, L. irrorata, L. knysnaensis, L. littoralis, L. littorea, L. mandchnrica, L. microscopica, L. mountsoloensis, L. muricata, L. nebulosa, L. obsoleta, L. obtusangula, L. obtusata, L. palliata, L. paucisulcnta, L. pintado, L. piramidesia, L. pulcherrima, L. punctata, L. remondi, L. saxatilis, L. saxatilis, L. sitchana, L. sitkana, L. strenua, L. striata, L. suboperta, L. sulcata, L. sulcosa, L. ziczac
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Krause on 2013-09-19

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Littorina Ferussac
1841Turbo (Littorina) Munster
1859Littorina Holmes p. 91
1904Littorina Martin p. 239
1923Littorina Clark and Arnold p. 165
1948Littorina Gardner p. 191
1962Littorina Weisbord p. 117
1967Littorina Olsson p. 39
1972Littorina Kensley p. 178
1972Littorina Ladd p. 14
1987Littorina Ward and Blackwelder p. 131
1993Littorina Wilson p. 146
1997Littorina Marquet p. 12
2001Littorina Todd
2002Littorina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyLittorinoidea(Gray 1840)
familyLittorinidaeGray 1840
genusLittorinaFerussac 1821

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Littorina Ferussac 1821
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Subg. Littorina (Littorina) Hendy 2020
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Littorina (Littorina) scutulata Gould 1849 [checkered periwinkle]
Subg. Littorina (Melaraphe) Mühlfeld 1828
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†Littorina (Melaraphe) gibbosa Etheridge and Bell 1923
†Littorina alta Giebel 1856
Littorina aspera Philippi 1846
†Littorina coccinea Gmelin 1791
†Littorina kneri Giebel 1856
†Littorina mariana Arnold 1909
†Littorina mariana alta Arnold 1909
Littorina neritoides Linnaeus 1758
Littorina obtusata Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Littorina lineolata Dautzenberg and Fischer 1915 [synonym]
†Littorina oligocenica Dickerson 1917
†Littorina petricola Dall 1908
†Littorina remondii Gabb 1866
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Invalid names: Littorina rudis Maton 1797 [synonym]
†Littorina scabra Linnaeus 1758
†Littorina schuttei Giebel 1856
†Littorina sheaferi Olsson 1967
†Littorina sookensis Clark and Arnold 1923
†Littorina subobesa Cooper 1896
†Littorina undulata Gray 1839
†Littorina unifasciata Gray 1826
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Invalid names: Littorina diemenensis Quoy 1833 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available