Austrolittorina antipodum

Blue banded periwinkle
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Littorinidae
Genus: Austrolittorina
Species:
A. antipodum
Binomial name
Austrolittorina antipodum
Philippi, 1847
Synonyms
  • Echinolittorina antipodum (Philippi, 1847)
  • Littorina antipodum Philippi, 1847
  • Littorina mauritiana Suter, 1913
  • Melarhaphe oliveri Finlay, 1930[1]
  • Littorina unifasciata antipodum Rosewater, 1970

Austrolittorina antipodum, known as the banded periwinkle,[2] is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod in the winkles and periwinkles family, Littorinidae. It occurs in New Zealand.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Finlay H. J. 1930. Additions to the Recent Molluscan Fauna of New Zealand. No. 3. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Volume 61, page 222-247.
  2. ^ Wassilieff, Maggy (2009-03-02). "Coastal shoreline - The rocky coast – upper shore". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 15 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-13.
  3. ^ Reid, D. G.; Williams, S. T. (2004). "The subfamily Littorininae (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in the temperate Southern Hemisphere: The genera Nodilittorina, Austrolittorina and Afrolittorina". Records of the Australian Museum. 56: 75–122. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.56.2004.1393.
  4. ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

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