MolluscaBase name details
original description
(of Litorina africana R. A. Philippi, 1847) Philippi, R. A. (1842-1850). <i>Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien unter Mithülfe mehrerer deutscher Conchyliologen</i>. Cassel, T. Fischer: Vol. 1: 1-20 [1842], 21-76 [1843], 77-186 [1844], 187-204 [1845]; Vol. 2: 1-64 [1845], 65-152 [1846], 153-232 [1847] ; Vol. 3: 1-50 [1847], 51-82 [1848], 1-88 [1849], 89-138 [1850]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41582
page(s): Vol. 2, 199, Litorina pl. 4, fig. 10.; note: name attributed by Philippi to Krauss MS. [details]
additional source
Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 32 [details]
source of synonymy
Reid, D. G. (2007). The genus Echinolittorina Habe, 1956 (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1420(1): 1-161., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1420.1.1 [details]
From other sources
Description Smooth shell up to 1.5 cm, with short pointed spire. Colour pale blue with upper whorls brown. Habitat: on rocks in sheltered supralittoral. Distribution: W Indian Ocean. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
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African perwinkle |
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