Littoraria pallescens

Littoraria pallescens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.^[1]

Littoraria pallescens
A live Littoraria pallescens.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Littorinidae
Subfamily:	Littorininae
Genus:	Littoraria
Species:	L. pallescens
Binomial name
Littoraria pallescens (Philippi, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
Litorina pallescens Philippi, 1846 (original combination) Litorina sieboldii Philippi, 1846 Littorina arboricola Reeve, 1857 Littorina pallescens Philippi, 1846 Littorina sieboldii Philippi, 1846

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Vietnam, the Philippines and Indonesia.

Description

Shells of Littoraria pallescens.

Ecology

Littoraria pallescens is a predominantly mangrove-associated species.^[2]

References

1. Littoraria pallescens (Philippi, 1846). Reid, David G. (2010). Littoraria pallescens (Philippi, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208937 on 6 June 2010 .
2. Zvonareva S., Kantor Yu., Li X. & Britayev T. (2015). "Long-term monitoring of Gastropoda (Mollusca) fauna in planted mangroves in central Vietnam". Zoological Studies 54: 39. doi:10.1186/s40555-015-0120-0.

• Philippi, R.A. (1846). Descriptions of a new species of Trochus, and of eighteen new species of Littorina, in the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 13: 138–143
• Ang, P. O.; Wong, C. K.; Lin, T. P.; Ma, W. C.; Hung, S. (2005). Biological Monitoring in Sha Chau and Lung Kwu Chau Marine Park. Submitted to Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government.
• Reid, D.G. (1986). The littorinid molluscs of mangrove forests in the Indo-Pacific region. British Museum (Natural History), London
• Reid, D.G. (2001). New data on the taxonomy and distribution of the genus Littoraria Griffith and Pidgeon, 1834 (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in Indo-West Pacific mangrove forests. Nautilus. 115:115–139
• Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
• Reid, D.G., Dyal, P., & Williams, S.T. (2010). Global diversification of mangrove fauna: a molecular phylogeny of Littoraria (Gastropoda: Littorinidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 55:185–201.
• Burgos A.L., 2013 Ethnoécologie d'une société mentawai : femmes, mangroves et coquillages de l'île de Siberut (Indonésie), vol. 1, p. 1–502

External links

• Reeve, L. A. (1857–1858). Monograph of the genus Littorina. In: Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 10, pls. 1–18 and unpaginated text. Reeve, London
• Reid D.G. (1989) The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 324: 1–110