Littorina és un gènere de gastròpodes marins de la família Littorinidae. WoRMS (2011). Littorina Férussac, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138135 on 2011-04-15 Són cargols petits que viuen a la zona de marees de les roques litorals.
Littorina ha donat el nom al Mar Littorina, el precursor geològic del Mar Bàltic.
Distribució Es troben a la zona litoral i sublitoral d'arreu del món.
Taxonomia L'espècie tipus és Turbo littoreus. Linnaeus, 1758 va restringir les espècies del gènere a l'Hemisferi Nord en zones temperades i fredes. Les espècies tropicals pertanyen a un altre gènere dins la mateixa famíliaBandel, K. & D. Kadolsky (1982). Western Atlantic Species of Nodolittorina (Gastropda: Prosobranchia): comparative morphology and its functional, ecological, phylogenetic and taxonomic implications. Veliger 25 (1): 1-42.
Les espècies dins el gènere Littorina inclouen
Littorina aleutica Dall, 1872 Littorina arcana Hannaford-Ellis, 1978 Littorina brevicula (Philippi, 1844) Littorina compressa Jeffreys, 1865 Littorina fabalis (Turton, 1825) Littorina horikawai Matsubayashi & Habe in Habe, 1979 Littorina islandica Reid, 1996 † Littorina kasatka Reid, Zaslavskaya & Sergievsky, 1991 Littorina keenae Rosewater, 1978 Littorina littorea (Linnaeus, 1758), Littorina mandshurica (Schrenk, 1861) Littorina natica Reid, 1996 Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758), Littorina petricola Arnold, 1908 † Littorina plena Gould, 1849 Littorina remondii Gabb, 1866 † Littorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792), Littorina scutulata Gould, 1849, Littorina sitkana Philippi, 1846 † Littorina sookensis Clark & Arnold, 1923 Littorina squalida Broderip & Sowerby, 1829 Littorina subrotundata (Carpenter, 1864) Littorina varia Littorina zebra
Espècies convertides en sinònims Littorina aestuarii Jeffreys, 1865: sinònim de Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758) Littorina affinis d'Orbigny, 1839: synonym of Tectarius striatus (King & Broderip, 1832) Littorina angulifera is a synonym for Littoraria angulifera (Lamarck, 1822) Littorina arenica Jay, 1839: synonym of Tectarius striatus (King & Broderip, 1832) Litorina arenica Dunker, 1845: synonym of Tectarius striatus (King & Broderip, 1832) Littorina canariensis d'Orbigny, 1839: synonym of Tectarius striatus (King & Broderip, 1832) Litorina globosa Dunker, 1845: synonym of Tectarius striatus (King & Broderip, 1832) Littorina granularis Gray, 1839: synonym of Echinolittorina miliaris (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) Littorina lamellosa Souverbie, 1861: synonym of Fossarus lamellosus (Souverbie, 1861) Littorina marnat Potiez & Michaud, 1838: synonym of Echinolittorina punctata (Gmelin, 1791) Littorina obesa (G.B. Sowerby, 1832): synonym of Littoraria coccinea (Gmelin, 1791) Littorina petraeus (Montagu, 1803): synonym of Melarhaphe neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758) Littorina planaxis G.B. Sowerby I, 1844: synonym of Tectarius striatus (King & Broderip, 1832) Littorina saxatilis jugosa Montagu, 1803: synonym of Littorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792) Littorina saxatilis nigrolineata Gray, 1839: synonym of Littorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792) Littorina striata is a synonym for Tectarius striatus (King & Broderip, 1832) Littorina undulata Gray, 1839: synonym of Littoraria undulata (Gray, 1839) Littorina unifasciata antipodum: synonym of Austrolittorina antipodum (Philippi, 1847) Littorina ziczac is a synonym for Echinolittorina ziczac (Gmelin, 1791) Littorina zonaria Bean, 1844: synonym of Littorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
Referències
Reid D.G. (1996). Systematics and evolution of Littorina. The Ray Society 463p
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