Littoraria scabra

Mangrove periwinkle
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]

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.

Description

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

Ecology

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

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  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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