Littorina aspera

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

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).

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Littorina alba Von Martens • Littorina apicina Menke • Littorina dubiosa C. B. Adams • Littorina lastistrigata Von Martens • Littorina parvula Philippi • Littorina penicilata Carpenter • Littorina phillippi Carpenter • Littorina subsuturalis Von Martens

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Philippi, A. Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien, unter Mithulfe mehrer deutscher Conchyliologen, herausgegeben von. R.A. Philippi mit beitragen der Herren Anton ... Dr vondem Busch, Dr Dunker, Dr Jones, Bergrath Koch, Dr Pfeiffer, Dr Troschell. 2., 1846.

Last scrutiny: 24-Jun-1996

Similar Species

Members of the genus Littorina

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 15 species and subspecies in this genus:

L. angulifera (Mangrove Periwinkle) · L. angustior (Slender Periwinkle) · L. irrorata (Marsh Periwinkle) · L. keenae (Eroded Periwinkle) · L. lineolata (Lineolate Periwinkle) · L. littorea (Common Periwinkle) · L. meleagris (White-Spot Periwinkle) · L. mespillum (Brown Periwinkle) · L. nebulosa (Cloudy Periwinkle) · L. neglecta (Obscure Periwinkle) · L. obtusata (Yellow Periwinkle) · L. saxatilis (Rough Periwinkle) · L. scutulata (Checkered Periwinkle) · L. sitkana (Sitka Periwinkle) · L. ziczac (Zebra Periwinkle)

More Info

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Further Reading

• Annual report - Western Society of Malacologists. Pomona, Calif., Western Society of Malacologists. url p. 27, p. 36.
• Bibliography of North American conchology previous to the year 1860: prepared for the Smithsonian Institution / by W. G. Binney. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1863-1864. url p. 189, p. 255, p. 45.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 241.
• Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Los Angeles, Calif.: The Academy, 1902-1971. url p. 156.
• Bulletins of American paleontology. Ithaca, N.Y., Paleontological Research Institution [etc.] url p. 334.
• Catalogue of marine shells in Lorenzo G. Yates' collection, Santa Barbara, Cal. Santa Barbara, Cal., 1886. url p. 50.
• Catalogue of shells collected at Panama: with notes on their synonymy, station, and geographical distribution / New York: R. Craighead, 1852. url .
• Hand list of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta by Geoffrey Nevill. Calcutta, Printed by order of the trustees, 1878-1884. url p. 138.
• Hand list of mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta / by Geoffrey Nevill. Calcutta: [s.n.], 1878-1884 [i.e., 1885] url p. 138.
• List of papers contributions to natural history, etc. chiefly on the conchology of North America, by Robert E.C. Stearns. San Francisco, 1878. url p. 2.
• Manual of conchology, structural and systematic: with illustrations of the species / by George W. Tryon, Jr. Philadelphia: Published by the Author, Academy of Natural Sciences, 1879-1898. url p. 249, p. 249, p. 249, p. 291, p. 291, p. 297, p. 297, p. 297, p. 304, p. 304, p. 304, p. 306, p. 306, p. 306.
• Marine shells of South Africa: a catalogue of all the known species, by G.B. Sowerby. London, Sowerby, 1892. url p. 36.
• Occasional papers on mollusks. Cambridge, Mass.: Dept. of Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 1945- url p. 46.
• Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 239.
• Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. London: Academic Press, [etc.], 1833-1965. url p. 352.
• Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 10 1873 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url p. 188, p. 189, p. 45.
• Texas conchologist. Houston, Houston Conchology Society url p. 86.
• The Nautilus. Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc. url p. 91.
• The mollusks of western North America embracing the second report made to the British Association on this subject, with other papers, reprinted by permission, with a general index / by Philip P. Carpenter. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1872. url p. 188.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 30, 2008:

• Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2683249
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-70438
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 70438
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 506446

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