Austrolittorina araucana

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Austrolittorina araucana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Littorinidae
Genus: Austrolittorina
Species:
A. araucana
Binomial name
Austrolittorina araucana
(d'Orbigny, 1840)
Synonyms [1]
  • Echinolittorina araucana(d'Orbigny, 1840)
  • Littorina araucanad'Orbigny, 1840
  • Nodilittorina araucana(d’Orbigny, 1840)

Austrolittorina araucana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles. [1] It is found on the Pacific coast of South America. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Austrolittorina araucana (d'Orbigny, 1840) . Reid, David G. (2010). Austrolittorina araucana (d'Orbigny, 1840). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446840 on 6 June 2010 .
  2. Reid, D. G.; Williams, S. T. (2004). "The subfamily Littorininae (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in the temperate Southern Hemisphere: The genera Nodilittorina, Austrolittorina and Afrolittorina" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 56: 75–122. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.56.2004.1393.