Littoraria scabra

Littoraria scabra
Littoraria scabra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Littorinoidea
Family: Littorinidae
Genus: Littoraria
Species: L. scabra
Binomial name
Littoraria scabra
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinulum (Evarnula) multilineum Powell, A.W.B., 1929
  • Buccinum foliorum Gmelin, 1791
  • Buccinum lineatum Gmelin, 1791
  • Helix scabra Linnaeus, 1758
  • Litorina scabra var. punctata Philippi, 1847
  • Litorina scabra var. rubra Philippi, 1847
  • Littorina novaehiberniae Lesson, 1831
  • Littorina pallescens var. erronea Nevill, 1885
  • Littorina scabra (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Littorina scabra tenuis Nevill, 1885
  • Melarhaphe scabra (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Turbo striatus Linnaeus, C. in Schumacher, H.C.F., 1838

Littoraria scabra, common name : the mangrove periwinkle, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, South Africa, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, the Seychelles and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean along Hawaii and New Zealand.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Littoraria scabra (Linnaeus, 1758). Reid, David G. (2010). Littoraria scabra (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208939 on 6 June 2010.

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