|
Periwinkle (mollusc)
The Littorinidae are a taxonomic family of over 200 species of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha, commonly known as periwinkles and found worldwide. Names In English-speaking countries, gastropod molluscs from other families, such as the Neritidae, are sometimes also commonly known as "winkles" because they are small, round snails that occupy a similar ecological niche. Taxonomy These subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005): * Subfamily Littorininae Children, 1834 – synonyms: Echinininae Rosewater, 1972; Tectariinae Rosewater, 1972; Melaraphidae Starobogatov & Sitnikova, 1983 * Subfamily Lacuninae Gray, 1857 – synonyms: Risellidae Kesteven, 1903; Cremnoconchinae Preston, 1915; Bembiciidae Finlay, 1928. * Subfamily Laevilitorininae Reid, 1989 Genera within the family Littorinidae include: ; Littorininae * ''Afrolittorina'' Williams, Reid & Littlewood, 2003 * ''Austrolittorina'' Rosewater, 1970 * ''Cenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gastropod Shell
The gastropod shell is part of the body of a Gastropoda, gastropod or snail, a kind of mollusc. The shell is an exoskeleton, which protects from predators, mechanical damage, and dehydration, but also serves for muscle attachment and calcium storage. Some gastropods appear shell-less (slugs) but may have a remnant within the mantle, or in some cases the shell is reduced such that the body cannot be retracted within it (semi-slug). Some snails also possess an operculum that seals the opening of the shell, known as the Aperture (mollusc), aperture, which provides further protection. The study of mollusc shells is known as conchology. The biological study of gastropods, and other molluscs in general, is malacology. Shell morphology terms vary by species group. Shell layers The gastropod shell has three major layers secreted by the Mantle (mollusc), mantle. The calcareous central layer, tracum, is typically made of calcium carbonate precipitated into an organic matrix known as c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afrolittorina
''Afrolittorina'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles. Species Species within the genus ''Afrolittorina'' include: *''Afrolittorina acutispira'' ( E.A. Smith, 1892) *''Afrolittorina africana'' (Philippi, 1847) *''Afrolittorina knysnaensis'' (Philippi, 1847) *''Afrolittorina praetermissa ''Afrolittorina praetermissa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae The Littorinidae are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of over 200 species of sea snails, marine (ocean), m ...'' (May, 1909) References External links * Littorinidae {{Littorinidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achille Valenciennes
Achille Valenciennes (9 August 1794 – 13 April 1865) was a French zoologist. Valenciennes was born in Paris, and studied under Georges Cuvier. His study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasitology. He also carried out diverse systematic classifications, linking fossil and current species. He worked with Cuvier on the 22-volume "'' Histoire Naturelle des Poissons''" (Natural History of Fish) (1828–1848), carrying on alone after Cuvier died in 1832. In 1832, he succeeded Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1777–1850) as chair of ''Histoire naturelle des mollusques, des vers et des zoophytes'' at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Early in his career, he was given the task of classifying animals described by Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) during his travels in the American tropics (1799 to 1803), and a lasting friendship was established between the two men. He is the binomial authority for many species of fish, such a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tectarius
''Tectarius'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles. Species Species within the genus ''Tectarius'' include: * ''Tectarius antonii'' (Philippi, 1846) * ''Tectarius coronatus'' Valenciennes, 1833 * ''Tectarius cumingii'' (Philippi, 1846) * ''Tectarius grandinatus'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''Tectarius niuensis'' Reid & Geller, 1997 * ''Tectarius pagodus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Tectarius rusticus'' (Philippi, 1846) * ''Tectarius spinulosus'' (Philippi, 1847) * ''Tectarius striatus'' (King & Broderip, 1832) * ''Tectarius tectumpersicum'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Tectarius viviparus'' (Rosewater, 1982) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Tectarius bullatus'' (Martyn, 1784): synonym of ''Tectarius grandinatus'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''Tectarius feejeensis'' (Reeve, 1857): synonym of ''Echinolittorina feejeensis'' (Reeve, 1857) * ''Tectarius granosus'' (Philippi, 1845): synonym of ''Echinolittorina granosa'' (Philippi, 1845) * ''Tec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peasiella
''Peasiella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles. Species Species within the genus ''Peasiella'' include: * '' Peasiella conoidalis'' (Pease, 1868) * '' Peasiella fasciata'' Reid & Mak, 1998 * '' Peasiella fuscopiperata'' (Turton, 1932) * '' Peasiella habei'' Reid & Mak, 1998 * '' Peasiella infracostata'' (Issel, 1869) * '' Peasiella isseli'' (Semper in Issel, 1869) * '' Peasiella lutulenta'' Reid, 1989 * '' Peasiella mauritiana'' (Viader, 1951) * '' Peasiella patula'' Reid & Mak, 1998 * ''Peasiella roepstorffiana ''Peasiella roepstorffiana'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles. Description Distribution References * Subba Rao, N. V. & Dey, A. 2000. ''Cata ...'' (Nevill, 1885) * '' Peasiella tantilla'' (Gould, 1849) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Peasiella roepstorfii'' ic synonym of ''Peasiella roeps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nodilittorina
''Nodilittorina'' is a genus of small sea snails. marine gastropod mollusks in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Nodilittorina Martens, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138137 on 2021-10-03 Many species that were previously placed in this genus have been moved to the genus ''Echinolittorina''. Species Species within the genus ''Nodilittorina'' include: * † '' Nodolittorina guespellensis'' Dolin & Pacaud, 2000 Dolin C. & Pacaud J.M. , 2000. - Deux espèces nouvelles de l'Eocène moyen français rapportées au genre Nodolittorina (Gastropoda, Littorinidae). Cossmanniana 7(1-4): 53-62 * † '' Nodolittorina lozoueti'' Dolin & Pacaud, 2000 * ''Nodilittorina pyramidalis'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) ;Nomen nudum: * ''Nodilittorina quadricincta'' (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Nodilittorina acutispira'' (E. A. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melarhaphe
''Melarhaphe'' is a monotypic genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.Bouchet, P.; Reid, David G. (2012). Melarhaphe Menke, 1828. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446368 on 2012-08-23 Species Species within the genus ''Melarhaphe'' include: * ''Melarhaphe neritoides'' (Linnaeus, 1758) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Melarhaphe blanfordi'' Dunker, 1871: synonym of ''Littoraria articulata'' (Philippi, 1846) * ''Melarhaphe induta'' (Westerlund, 1898): synonym of ''Melarhaphe neritoides'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Melarhaphe oliveri'' Finlay, 1930: synonym of ''Austrolittorina antipodum'' (Philippi, 1847) * ''Melarhaphe scabra'' (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of '' Littoraria scabra'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Melarhaphe subgranosa'' Dunker in Dunker & Zelebor, 1866: synonym of ''Echinolittorina leucosticta'' (Philippi, 1847) * ''Melarhaphe undulata'' (Gray, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mainwaringia
''Mainwaringia'' is a genus of sea snails or freshwater snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles. Species Species within the genus ''Mainwaringia'' include: *''Mainwaringia leithii'' (E. A. Smith, 1876) *''Mainwaringia paludomoidea'' Nevill (file created 29 July 2010FRESH WATER MOLLUSCAN SPECIES IN INDIA 11 pp. accessed 31 July 2010. *''Mainwaringia rhizophila ''Mainwaringia rhizophila'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae The Littorinidae are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of over 200 species of sea snails, marine (ocean), mar ...'' Reid, 1986 References External links Littorinidae {{Littorinidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Étienne D'Audebert De Férussac
Baron André Étienne Justin Pascal Joseph François d'Audebert de Férussac (30 December 1786 – 21 January 1836) was a French naturalist best known for his studies of molluscs. (Two of his given names are sometimes spelt Just or Juste instead of Justin, and d'Audibert, d'Audebard, or d'Audeberd instead of "d'Audebert".) He was born in Chartron, near Lauzerte in the province of Quercy (now in Tarn-et-Garonne), the son of Jean Baptiste Louis d'Audibert de Férussac and Marie Catherine Josèphe de Rozet, and was professor of geography and statistics at the École d'état-major in Paris. Taxa Férussac named and described numerous taxa of gastropods, including: * '' Cochlodina'' Férussac, 1821, a land snail genus * ''Helicostyla'' Férussac, 1821, a land snail genus Various other taxa were named in honor of him, including: * Ferussaciidae Bourguignat, 1883,Bourguignat, J. R. 1883. ''Historie malacologique de l'Abyssinie''. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, ser. 6, 15 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Littorina
''Littorina'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.WoRMS (2011). Littorina Férussac, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138135 on 2011-04-15 These small snails live in the tidal zone of rocky shores. Overview In Europe there are about nine species in this genus, one of which is the rough periwinkle, ''Littorina saxatilis'' (Olivi, 1792). Another closely related (supposed) species ''Littorina tenebrosa'' (Montagu 1802) was thought to be distinct because of its different ecological requirements, but current studies have shown that it is not at all clear whether the two are indeed separate species or whether ''L. tenebrosa'' is perhaps merely an ecotype (an ecological form) of ''L. saxatilis''.Gosling, E.M. (2002). ''The periwinkle as a model in biodiversity studies: a geneticist's view.'' in Marine Biodiversity in Ireland and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Littoraria
''Littoraria'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.Reid, David G. (2011). ''Littoraria'' Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206218 on 2011-04-15 There are more than fifty species in this genus of which more than 20 species are believed to be synonyms of '' Littoraria scabra'', a very variable species.Reid, D.G. (1986). ''The littorinid molluscs of mangrove forests in the Indo-Pacific region''. British Museum (Natural History), London Many of the species in this genus occur in the Indo-West Pacific region and in the Tropical Eastern Pacific, where they are found in large numbers on the trunks, trees and prop roots of tropical mangrove forests a few metres above high tide level. These snails feed on the thin film of algae, epiphytes, fungi, diatoms and leaf epidermis of these mangroves. The species living on highe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
