Littoraria carinifera

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

Littoraria carinifera
Littoraria carinifera shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Littorinidae
Genus: Littoraria
Species:
L. carinifera
Binomial name
Littoraria carinifera
(Menke, 1830)
Synonyms[1]
  • Littorina carinifera (Menke, 1830)
  • Littorina carinifera pyramidalis Nevill, 1885
  • Littorina carinifera var. laevior Nevill, 1885<
  • Littorina rubropicta Martens, 1887

Distribution

Vietnam.

Description

Ecology

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

References
  1. Littoraria carinifera (Menke, 1830). Reid, David G. (2009). Littoraria carinifera (Menke, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=445609 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.


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