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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Littorinidae
Littorina obesa Sowerby, 1832Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy
Senior name:
Littoraria (Littoraria) coccinea (Gmelin, 1791)
Types
Primary Type: lectotype Secondary Type: paralectotype Sowerby, G.B. (1st) & Sowerby, J. (ill.) 1832. part 37, fig. 6
lectotype South Sea Islands
References
Rosewater, J. 1970. p.440 Subsequent type designation
Sowerby, G.B. (1st) & Sowerby, J. (ill.) 1832. p.no. 37, fig. 6 [ designated as lectotype.
] Illustration of type specimen
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Littorinoidea
Littorinidae
Littorininae
Littoraria Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834
Littoraria (Littoraria) Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834
Littoraria (Littoraria) coccinea (Gmelin, 1791)
Littorina obesa Sowerby, 1832
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=7676) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.