Austrolittorina araucana

Austrolittorina araucana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Littorinoidea
Family: Littorinidae
Genus: Austrolittorina
Species: A. araucana
Binomial name
Austrolittorina araucana
(d'Orbigny, 1840)
Synonyms[1]

Echinolittorina araucana (d'Orbigny, 1840)
Littorina araucana d'Orbigny, 1840
Nodilittorina araucana (d’Orbigny, 1840)

Austrolittorina araucana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.[1] It is found in western South America.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Austrolittorina araucana (d'Orbigny, 1840). Reid, David G. (2010). Austrolittorina araucana (d'Orbigny, 1840). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446840 on 6 June 2010.
  2. 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. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.56.2004.1393.

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