MolluscaBase - Littorina africana pica W. H. Turton, 1932

WoRMS name details

Littorina africana pica W. H. Turton, 1932

AphiaID

549381 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:549381)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (unjustified emendation of picea)

Accepted Name

Afrolittorina knysnaensis (R. A. Philippi, 1847)

Rank

Subspecies

Parent

Littorina africana R. A. Philippi, 1847 accepted as Afrolittorina africana (R. A. Philippi, 1847)

Original name

Littorina africana pica W. H. Turton, 1932

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 133; note: emendation of Littorina picea Reeve [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Littorina africana pica W. H. Turton, 1932. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=549381 on 2025-03-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-12-01 14:38:13Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2023-05-30 09:11:42Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Sources (2)

Nomenclature

original description Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 133; note: emendation of Littorina picea Reeve [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomy

source of synonymy Rosewater, J. (1970). The family Littorinidae in the Indopacific. I. The subfamily Littorininae. <em>Indo-Pacific Mollusca.</em> 2(11): 417-506., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46312871
page(s): 479 [details]