African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Littorinidae Children, 1834

AfReMaS taxon details

Littorinidae Children, 1834

AphiaID

119 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:119)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Type taxon

Littorina A. Férussac, 1822

Parent

Littorinoidea Children, 1834

Original name

Littorinidae Children, 1834

Direct children (15)

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Subfamily Lacuninae Gray, 1857
1. Genus Bembicium R. A. Philippi, 1846
Subfamily Littorininae Children, 1834
1. Genus Afrolittorina S. T. Williams, D. Reid & Littlewood, 2003
2. Genus Echinolittorina T. Habe, 1956
3. Genus Littoraria J. E. Gray, 1833
4. Genus Littorina A. Férussac, 1822
5. Genus Melarhaphe Menke, 1828
6. Genus Nodilittorina E. von Martens, 1897
7. Genus Peasiella G. Nevill, 1885
8. Genus Tectarius Valenciennes, 1832
9. Genus Litorina [sic] accepted as Littorina A. Férussac, 1822 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
10. Genus Melaraphe Menke, 1828 accepted as Melarhaphe Menke, 1828 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
11. Genus Risella Gray, 1842 accepted as Bembicium R. A. Philippi, 1846 (Declared nomen oblitum by Reid (1988))
Subfamily Echinininae Rosewater, 1972 accepted as Littorininae Children, 1834

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Children J.G. (1834). [Mollusca]. Pp. 88-118, in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum, ed. 28: 88-118. [Authorship attributed to Children after G. Steiner & A.R. Kabat, 2001, Zoosystema, 23(3): 454-455].
page(s): 110 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Littorinidae Children, 1834. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119 on 2026-02-17

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Littorinidae Children, 1834. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119 on 2026-02-17

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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2011-05-02 17:58:21Z

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2018-02-07 13:46:33Z

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2025-12-23 21:59:24Z

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original description Children J.G. (1834). [Mollusca]. Pp. 88-118, in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum, ed. 28: 88-118. [Authorship attributed to Children after G. Steiner & A.R. Kabat, 2001, Zoosystema, 23(3): 454-455].
page(s): 110 [details]

basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors

additional source 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., available online at https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1989.0040 [details]

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Introduced: alien

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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Littorinidae)
To Genbank
To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam
To The Arctic Traits Database (8 traits)
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