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Littorina obtusata
Taxonomy
Turbo obtusatus was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; northern western Atlantic.]. It is extant.
It was recombined as Littorina obtusata by Hendy et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Littorina obtusata by Hendy et al. (2008).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Turbo obtusatus Linnaeus p. 761 |
| 1915 | Littorina lineolata Dautzenberg and Fischer |
| 2008 | Littorina obtusata Hendy et al. |
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Littorina obtusata Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Littorina lineolata Dautzenberg and Fischer 1915 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Pleistocene | Bermuda | Littorina lineolata (67950) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Morocco | Littorina obtusata (127571) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) | Littorina obtusata (75526) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain | Littorina obtusata (96706) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | Iceland | Littorina obtusata (75057) |