Biology:Austrolittorina antipodum

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Blue banded periwinkle
Austrolittorina antipodum 01.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Littorinidae
Genus: Austrolittorina
Species:
A. antipodum
Binomial name
Austrolittorina antipodum
Philippi, 1847
Synonyms
  • Echinolittorina antipodum (Philippi, 1847)
  • Littorina antipodum Philippi, 1847
  • Littorina mauritiana Suter, 1913
  • Melarhaphe oliveri Finlay, 1930[1]
  • Littorina unifasciata antipodum Rosewater, 1970

Austrolittorina antipodum, known as the banded periwinkle,[2] is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod in the winkles and periwinkles family, Littorinidae. It is found in New Zealand.[3] It occurs in New Zealand.[4]


References

  1. Finlay H. J. 1930. Additions to the Recent Molluscan Fauna of New Zealand. No. 3. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Volume 61, page 222-247.
  2. Wassilieff, Maggy (2009-03-02). "Coastal shoreline - The rocky coast – upper shore". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/coastal-shoreline/2. Retrieved 2010-09-13. 
  3. 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. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.56.2004.1393. 
  4. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN:0-00-216906-1

Sources

Wikidata ☰ Q3137747 entry