Littoraria pallescens

Littoraria pallescens
A live Littoraria pallescens.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Littorinidae
Subfamily:	Littorininae
Genus:	Littoraria
Species:	L. pallescens
Binomial name
Littoraria pallescens (Philippi, 1846)
Synonyms [1]
Litorina pallescensPhilippi, 1846 (original combination) Litorina sieboldiiPhilippi, 1846 Littorina arboricola Reeve, 1857 Littorina pallescensPhilippi, 1846 Littorina sieboldiiPhilippi, 1846

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Vietnam, the Philippines and Indonesia.

Description

Shells of Littoraria pallescens.

Ecology

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

References

1. Littoraria pallescens (Philippi, 1846) . Reid, David G. (2010). Littoraria pallescens (Philippi, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208937 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
• Ang, P. O.; Wong, C. K.; Lin, T. P.; Ma, W. C.; Hung, S. (2005). Biological Monitoring in Sha Chau and Lung Kwu Chau Marine Park. Submitted to Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government.
• Reid, D.G. (1986). The littorinid molluscs of mangrove forests in the Indo-Pacific region. British Museum (Natural History), London
• 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
• Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
• 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.
• Burgos A.L., 2013 Ethnoécologie d'une société mentawai : femmes, mangroves et coquillages de l'île de Siberut (Indonésie), vol. 1, p. 1–502

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