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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Littorinidae 

Nodilittorina australis (Gray, 1826)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Nodilittorina nodosa auct
   Littorina australis Gray, 1826
   Littorina nodosa Gray, 1839
   Littorina rugosa Menke, 1843

Common Name

West Australian Noddiwink p.80      Allan, J. 1950.  
Australian Nodiwink p.106, pl.107      Wilson, B 2002.  

Distribution

Esperance to North Kimberley, WA (Wilson, 1993)

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricSW coast
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Western Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Western Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricSW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Western Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNW coast
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Western Australia

Keywords

depth: intertidal [ on rocks of the splash zone, usually occurs with N. australis Gray {Rosew1970x05}. ]
habitat: rocky shore [ on rocks of the lower splash zone {Rosew1970x05}. ]

References

 Johnson, M.S. and Black, R. 1999. p.111  Synonomy
 Rosewater, J. 1970. p.485 [ as australis p. 485, as nodosa p. 487 ]  General reference
 Rosewater, J. 1970. p.487 [ as australis p. 487, as nodosa p. 488 ]  Synonomy
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.147 [ as australis : pl. 18, fig. 10a- b; as nodosa : pl. 18, fig. 11a- b ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Littorinoidea
                        Littorinidae
                          Littorininae
                            Nodilittorina von Martens, 1897
                              Nodilittorina australis (Gray, 1826)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=7759) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-01-26.