WoRMS taxon details
Echinolittorina australis (J. E. Gray, 1826)
437361 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:437361)
accepted
Species
Echinolittorina (Granulilittorina) australis (Gray, 1826) · alternative representation
Litorina rugosa Menke, 1843 · unaccepted
Littorina australis J. E. Gray, 1826 · unaccepted
Littorina nodosa Gray, 1839 · unaccepted
Nodilittorina australis (J. E. Gray, 1826) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Nodilittorina nodosa (Gray, 1839) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Littorina australis J. E. Gray, 1826) Gray, J. E. (1826). Mollusca. Appendix, In: King P. P. (ed.) <i>Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia, performed between the years 1818 and 1822</i>. Vol. 2. John Murray, London, pp. 474–496. ["1827"; published April 1826]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53741968
page(s): 483 [details]
(of Nodilittorina australis (J. E. Gray, 1826)) Gray, J. E. (1826). Mollusca. Appendix, In: King P. P. (ed.) <i>Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia, performed between the years 1818 and 1822</i>. Vol. 2. John Murray, London, pp. 474–496. ["1827"; published April 1826]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53741968 [details]
page(s): 483 [details]
(of Nodilittorina australis (J. E. Gray, 1826)) Gray, J. E. (1826). Mollusca. Appendix, In: King P. P. (ed.) <i>Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia, performed between the years 1818 and 1822</i>. Vol. 2. John Murray, London, pp. 474–496. ["1827"; published April 1826]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53741968 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Echinolittorina australis (J. E. Gray, 1826). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=437361 on 2025-05-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Litorina rugosa Menke, 1843) Menke, K. T. (1843). <i>Molluscorum Novae Hollandiae specimen</i>. Hannover: Libraria Aulica Hahniana. 46 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13297216 [details]
original description (of Littorina australis J. E. Gray, 1826) Gray, J. E. (1826). Mollusca. Appendix, In: King P. P. (ed.) <i>Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia, performed between the years 1818 and 1822</i>. Vol. 2. John Murray, London, pp. 474–496. ["1827"; published April 1826]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53741968
page(s): 483 [details]
original description (of Nodilittorina australis (J. E. Gray, 1826)) Gray, J. E. (1826). Mollusca. Appendix, In: King P. P. (ed.) <i>Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia, performed between the years 1818 and 1822</i>. Vol. 2. John Murray, London, pp. 474–496. ["1827"; published April 1826]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53741968 [details]
basis of record 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]
original description (of Littorina australis J. E. Gray, 1826) Gray, J. E. (1826). Mollusca. Appendix, In: King P. P. (ed.) <i>Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia, performed between the years 1818 and 1822</i>. Vol. 2. John Murray, London, pp. 474–496. ["1827"; published April 1826]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53741968
page(s): 483 [details]
original description (of Nodilittorina australis (J. E. Gray, 1826)) Gray, J. E. (1826). Mollusca. Appendix, In: King P. P. (ed.) <i>Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia, performed between the years 1818 and 1822</i>. Vol. 2. John Murray, London, pp. 474–496. ["1827"; published April 1826]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53741968 [details]
basis of record 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]
Other
additional source
Reid, D. G. (1989). The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.</em> 324: 1-110., available online at https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1989.0040 [details]
additional source Williams S.T. & Reid D.G. (2004). Speciation and diversity on tropical rocky shores: a global phylogeny of snails of the genus <i>Echinolittorina</i>. <i>Evolution 58(10)</i>: 2227–2251 [details]
additional source Williams S.T. & Reid D.G. (2004). Speciation and diversity on tropical rocky shores: a global phylogeny of snails of the genus <i>Echinolittorina</i>. <i>Evolution 58(10)</i>: 2227–2251 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Nodilittorina nodosa (Gray, 1839))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Nodilittorina australis (J. E. Gray, 1826))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Echinolittorina australis)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To Malacopics (Echinolittorina australis (J. E. Gray, 1826) Australia, Western Australia, Geraldto...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Nodilittorina australis (J. E. Gray, 1826))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Nodilittorina nodosa (Gray, 1839))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Nodilittorina australis (J. E. Gray, 1826))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Echinolittorina australis)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To Malacopics (Echinolittorina australis (J. E. Gray, 1826) Australia, Western Australia, Geraldto...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Nodilittorina australis (J. E. Gray, 1826))
