OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Littorinidae
Nodilittorina africana (Philippi, 1847)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Litorina decollata Philippi, 1847
Litorina africana Philippi, 1847
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: South Africa
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mozambique
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Madagascar
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mozambique
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Madagascar
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: South Africa
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: South Africa (Cape marine Province)
Keywords
depth: supratidal [
]
feeds on: biofilms Potter, C.M. & Schleyer, M.H. 1991. p.2
habitat: on rocks [ {Rosew1970x05}.
]
larvae/young: oviparous [ Probably {Rosew1970x05}.
]
spawn/eggs: egg capsules pelagic [ Probably {Rosew1970x05}.
]
References
Hughes, R.N. 1979. General reference
McQuaid, C.D. 1992. p.85-88 Biology and ecology
Potter, C.M. & Schleyer, M.H. 1991. p.2 Biology and ecology
Rosewater, J. 1970. p.476 General reference
Rosewater, J. 1970. p.477 Synonomy
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Littorinoidea
Littorinidae
Littorininae
Nodilittorina von Martens, 1897
Nodilittorina africana (Philippi, 1847)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=35128) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-01-11. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-28.