Species Afrolittorina acutispira (Smith, 1892)
- Littorina acutispira Smith, E.A. 1892. Descriptions of new species of shells from New South Wales, New Guinea, the Caroline and Solomon Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891: 486-491 pp., pl. 40 [487, pl. 40, fig. 3].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 1891.11.6.216-225, rock pools, Green Point, Watson Bay, Port Jackson, NSW. - Littorina infans Smith, E.A. 1892. Descriptions of new species of shells from New South Wales, New Guinea, the Caroline and Solomon Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891: 486-491 pp., pl. 40 [488, pl. 40, fig. 4].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 1891.11.6.226-235, Green Point, Watson Bay, Port Jackson (New South Wales, Australia).
Generic Combinations
- Nodilittorina acutispira (Smith, 1892). —
Jansen, P. 1995. Seashells of Central New South Wales. Townsville pp. 1-129. [31] - Afrolittorina acutispira (Smith, 1892). —
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 [116] - Melarapha acutispira (Smith, 1892). —
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [38] - Littorina (Austrolittorina) acutispira Smith, 1892. —
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [146] - Melaraphe infans (Smith, 1892). —
Hedley, C. 1918. A checklist of the marine fauna of New South Wales. Part 1. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 51: M1–M120 [M51]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Ecological Descriptors
Intertidal, marine, rocky shore.
Extra Ecological Information
See habitat detail in Reid (2004)
General References
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [38]
Ponder, W.F. & Rosewater, J. 1979. Rectifications in the nomenclature of some Indo-Pacific Littorinidae. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 92(4): 773-782 [773-774]
Reid, D.G. 2002. The genus Nodilittorina von Martens, 1897 (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in the eastern Pacific Ocean, with a discussion of biogeographic provinces of the rocky-shore fauna. The Veliger 45(2): 85-170 [154]
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 [116-118, Figs 17G,H, 25G–N, 26, 27]
Rosewater, J. 1970. The family Littorinidae in the Indo-Pacific. Part I. The subfamily Littorininae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 2(11): 417-506 [451]
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
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [146, text fig.]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | LITTORINOIDEA | 13-Feb-2012 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 26-Nov-2013 | MODIFIED |