Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Marsh Periwinkle
Description
Family Littorinidae
Height commonly exceeding 5 mm, and in some species slightly exceeding 1.5 cm; operculum horny ; periostracum not uniformly tan or brown (Almagorda subrotundata is brown, but usually has spiral banding ) (mostly at higher tide levels on rocly shores , or on rocks, concrete and wood in bays , sometimes in salt marshes).
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 5,810 meters (0 to 19,062 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
()
- Cox, 1960
- Order:
Sorbeoconcha
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Suborder:
Hypsogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Infraorder:
Littorinimorpha
()
- Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975
- Superfamily:
Littorinoidea
()
- [J.G. Children], 1834
- Family:
Littorinidae
()
- [J.G. Children], 1834
- Periwinkles
- Subfamily:
Littorininae
()
- Genus:
Littoraria
()
- Gray, 1834
- Subgenus:
intertidal
()
- Specific name:
irrorata
- (Say, 1822)
- Scientific name: - Littoraria irrorata (Say, 1822)
- Specific name:
irrorata
- (Say, 1822)
- Subgenus:
intertidal
(
- Genus:
Littoraria
(
- Subfamily:
Littorininae
(
- Family:
Littorinidae
(
- Superfamily:
Littorinoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Littorinimorpha
(
- Suborder:
Hypsogastropoda
(
- Order:
Sorbeoconcha
(
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Say Th. Description
of the Myriapoda of the United
States Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
. (1) 3: 1, 1822.
Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Littoraria
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species and subspecies in this genus:
L. angulifera (Mangrove Periwinkle) · L. irrorata (Marsh Periwinkle) · L. nebulosa (Cloudy Periwinkle)
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Further Reading
- The Nautilus. Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc. url , .
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 01, 2008:
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database [Darwin Core]
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, The SERTC Invertebrate Database: Invertebrates of the southeastern United States
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2690879
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-567804
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13733909
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 567804
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 461511
Footnotes
- Mean = 2,907.520 meters (9,539.108 feet), Standard Deviation = 2,164.200 based on 27 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
