Littoraria flava
| Littoraria flava | |
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| A live specimen of L. flava from Brazil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Littorinoidea |
| Family: | Littorinidae |
| Genus: | Littoraria |
| Species: | L. flava |
| Binomial name | |
| Littoraria flava (King & Broderip, 1832) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Littoraria flava is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.[1]
Distribution
Littoraria flava is currently distributed from the Caribbean to Brazil, including Cuba, Venezuela, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana and Surinam. Its range is from 22.07°N to 29°S; 81°W to 34.9°W.[1][2]
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 20 mm.[3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea.
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is -1.5 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 0 m.[3]
References
- 1 2 Littoraria flava (King & Broderip, 1832). Reid, David G. (2010). Littoraria flava (King & Broderip, 1832). 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=446914 on 6 June 2010.
- ↑ Rosenberg, G. "Malacolog Version 4.1.1". The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
- 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
- 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
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