Genus Littoraria Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834

Museums

Regional Maps

• Littoraria Griffith, E. & Pidgeon, E. 1833. The Mollusca and Radiata. pp. 1–192 in Cuvier, G.L.C.F.D. (ed.). The Animal Kingdom. London : Whittaker & Co. Vol. 12 601 pp. 40 pls. [598].

  Type species:

   Littoraria pulchra Gray by monotypy.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Circum tropical

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Bouchet, P. & Reid, D.G. 2011. Littoraria Gray, 1833. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206218 (date accessed 31/01/2012)

Reid, D.G. 1986. The Littorinid Molluscs of Mangrove Forests in the Indo-Pacific Region: the genus Littoraria (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Littorinidae). London : British Museum (Natural History) xv, 250 pp. [80] (Key)

Reid, D.G. 1992. Predation by crabs on Littoraria species (Littorinidae) in a Queensland mangrove forest. pp. 141-151 in Grahame, J., Mill, P.J. & Reid, D.G. (eds). Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Littorinid Biology. London : Malacological Society of London. [141]

Reid, D.G. 2001. New data on the taxonomy and distribution of the genus Littoraria Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834 (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in Indo-West Pacific mangrove forests. Nautilus 4 115: 115-139

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 [185-199]

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 [60-83]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [144]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	LITTORINOIDEA	15-Feb-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		25-Jan-2012	MODIFIED