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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Littorinidae 

Littorina rubra Anton, 1838

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Nodilittorina trochoides (Gray, 1839)

Types

Primary Type: Type [types lost] Anton, H.E. 1839. p.53, no. 1923
Type no locality

Keywords

depth: supratidal [ of rocky shorelines (Kay 1979) ]
Original Epithet:  rubra
larvae/young: veliger planktonic [ (Kay 1979) ]
Original Text Name:  Littorina rubra Anton, 1838
Original Genus:  Littorina
Status of Name: Primary Homonym 

References

  . p.73-74 [ Figs 22 C; 23 C, D; 24 B, C ]  General reference
 Rosewater, J. and Kadolsky, D. 1981. p.1235 Places name in synonymy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Littorinoidea
                        Littorinidae
                          Littorininae
                            Nodilittorina von Martens, 1897
                              Nodilittorina trochoides (Gray, 1839)
                                Littorina rubra Anton, 1838

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=34001) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.