Family LITTORINIDAE Children, 1834

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• Littorinidae Children, 1834.

  Type genus:

   Littorina Férussac, 1822.

 

General References

Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47: 1–397 [250]

Grahame, J., Mill, P.J. & Reid, D.G. (eds) 1992. Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Littorinid Biology. Malacological Society of London: London. 324 pp. [1-324]

Mileikovsky, S.A. 1975. Types of larval development in Littorinidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) of the world ocean, and ecological patterns of their distribution. Marine Biology 30: 129-135 [129-135]

Reid, D.G. 1989. The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological Sciences 324: 1-110

Reid, D.G. 1998. Family Littorinidae. pp. 738-739 in Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds). Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part B) pp. vi–viii, 565–1234. [738-739]

Reid, D.G. 2002. Morphological review and phylogenetic analysis of Nodilittorina (Gastropoda: Littorinidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies 68: 259-281 [259-260]

Reid, D.G. 2007. The genus Echinolittorina Habe, 1956 (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 1420: 1-161 [4]

Reid, D.G. 2009. The genus Echinolittorina Habe, 1956 (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in the western Atlantic Ocean. Zootaxa 2184: 1-103

Reid, D.G., Dyal, P. & Williams, S.T. 2010. Global diversification of mangrove fauna: a molecular phylogeny of Littoraria (Gastropoda: Littorinidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55: 185-201 [186]

Reid, D.G. & Geller, J.B. 1997. A new ovoviviparous species of Tectarius (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) from Niue, South Pacific, with a molecular phylogeny of the genus. Journal of Molluscan Studies 63: 207-233 [229-231] (Ovoviviparity in Littorinidae)

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 [75]

Rosewater, J. 1981. The family Littorinidae in tropical West Africa. Atlantide Report 13: 7-48 [7]

Taylor, J.D. & Reid, D.G. 1990. Shell microstructure and mineralogy of the Littorinidae: ecological and evolutionary significance. Hydrobiologia 193: 199-215 [199]

Williams, S.T., Reid, D.G. & Littlewood, D.T.J. 2003. A molecular phylogeny of the Littorininae (Gastropoda: Littorinidae): unequal evolutionary rates, morphological parallelism, and biogeography of the Southern Ocean. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 28: 60-86 [60-61]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [142]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	LITTORINIMORPHA Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975	19-Mar-2019	MODIFIED
01-Jun-2021	LITTORINOIDEA	13-Feb-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		25-Jan-2012	MODIFIED