WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Littorina undulata J. E. Gray, 1839) Gray, J. E. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1839). Molluscous animals and their shells. Pp. 103-155, pls 33-34 [pp. 103-142 by J. E. Gray, 143-155 by G. B. Sowerby I]. In: <i>The zoology of Capt. Beechey's voyage, compiled from the collections on notes made by Captain Beechey, the officers and naturalist of the expedition during a voyage to the Pacific and Behring's straits in his Majesty's ship Blossom, under the command of Captain F. W. Beechey in the years 1825, 26, 27 and 28.</i> London pp. XII + 186 + 44 pl. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48931613 page(s): 140. [details]
original description
(of Littorina tenuis R. A. Philippi, 1846) Philippi, R. A. (1846). Descriptions of a new species of <i>Trochus</i>, and of eighteen new species of <i>Littorina</i>, in the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 13 ("1845"): 138-143., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862634 page(s): 141 [details]
original description
(of Littorina acuminata A. Gould, 1849) Gould, A. A. (1849). [Descriptions of new species of shells, brought home by the U. S. Exploring Expedition]. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 3: 83-85, 89-92, 106-108, 118-121 [May 1849], 140-144., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870391 page(s): 84. [details]
context source (HKRMS)
Reid, D. G. (1992). The gastropod family Littorinidae in Hong Kong. In Proceedings of the fourth international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China (ed. Morton, B.). The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China III, vol. 1, pp187-210. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [details]
additional source
Reid, D. G. (1989). The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.</em> 324: 1-110., available online at https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1989.0040 [details]
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Reid, D. G., Dyal, P., & Williams, S. T. (2010). Global diversification of mangrove fauna: a molecular phylogeny of Littoraria (Gastropoda: Littorinidae). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 55:185-201., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2009.09.036 [details]
additional source
Ohgaki, S.-I. (1993). Locomotive Activity Patterns in the Four Species of Littorinidae on a Rocky Shore on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 52(1): 69 − 75. [details] Available for editors [request]
From other sources
Description Up to 2 cm, with dull brown coloration, occasionally darker on upper whorls, and with very faint pattern of wide zigzag lines (pattern fading in larger specimens). Habitat: on rocks, mangrove trunks and drift wood. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
Remark Subgenus Littoraria [details]
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