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Littorina saxatilis

Gastropoda - Littorinidae

Taxonomy
Turbo saxatilis was named by Olivi (1792) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Northern Atlantic.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Littorina saxatilis by Dautzenberg and Fischer (1912) and Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1792Turbo saxatilis Olivi p. 172 figs. pl. 5, fig. 3
1797Turbo rudis Maton
1912Littorina saxatilis Dautzenberg and Fischer p. 199
1975Littorina rudis Norton
2008Littorina saxatilis Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyLittorinoidea(Gray 1840)
familyLittorinidaeGray 1840
genusLittorinaFerussac 1821
speciessaxatilis(Olivi 1792)

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.

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Invalid names: Littorina rudis Maton 1797 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available