Littoraria intermedia

Littoraria intermedia
Littoraria intermedia shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Littorinidae
Genus:	Littoraria
Species:	L. intermedia
Binomial name
Littoraria intermedia (Philippi, 1846)
Synonyms [1]
Litorina ambiguaPhilippi, 1848 Litorina scabra var. articulataPhilippi, 1847 Littorina fraseriReeve, 1857 Littorina intermediaPhilippi, 1846 Littorina intermedia var. punctataPhilippi, 1846 Littorina newcombiReeve, 1857 Littorina scabra var. rhodeaBiggs, 1958

Littoraria intermedia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles. ^[1]

Distribution

Mangrove forests of Vietnam, Eritrea, Indian Ocean (Aldabra, Chagos), Madagascar, Mozambique, Mauritius, Seychelles, Tanzania (Indo-Pacific)

Four shells of Littoraria intermedia (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)

Ecology

Littoraria intermedia is a predominantly mangrove-associated species. ^[2]

References

1. Littoraria intermedia (Philippi, 1846) . Reid, David G. (2010). Littoraria intermedia (Philippi, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208938 on 6 June 2010 .
2. Zvonareva S., Kantor Yu., Li X. & Britayev T. (2015). "Long-term monitoring of Gastropoda (Mollusca) fauna in planted mangroves in central Vietnam". Zoological Studies 54: 39. doi : 10.1186/s40555-015-0120-0 .

• Philippi, R.A. (1846). Descriptions of a new species of Trochus, and of eighteen new species of Littorina, in the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 13: 138–143
• Reid, D.G. (1986). The littorinid molluscs of mangrove forests in the Indo-Pacific region. British Museum (Natural History), London.
• Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
• Reid, D.G. (2001). New data on the taxonomy and distribution of the genus Littoraria Griffith and Pidgeon, 1834 (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in Indo-West Pacific mangrove forests. Nautilus. 115:115–139.
• Reid, D.G., Dyal, P., & Williams, S.T. (2010). Global diversification of mangrove fauna: a molecular phylogeny of Littoraria (Gastropoda: Littorinidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 55:185–201.

External links

• Reeve, L. A. (1857-1858). Monograph of the genus Littorina. In: Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 10, pls. 1-18 and unpaginated text. Reeve, London
• Reid D.G. (1989) The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 324: 1–110