Littoraria undulata, common name the robust shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.[1]

Littoraria undulata
Shell of Littoraria undulata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Littorinidae
Genus: Littoraria
Species:
L. undulata
Binomial name
Littoraria undulata
(Gray, 1839)
Synonyms[1]
  • Litorina tenuis Philippi, 1846 (junior synonym)
  • Littorina (Littoraria) undulata Gray, 1839
  • Littorina acuminata Gould, 1849
  • Littorina undulata (Gray, 1839)
  • Melarhaphe undulata (Gray, 1839)

Description

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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.[1]

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Indo-Pacific Region and off the Philippines.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Littoraria undulata (Gray, 1839). Reid, David G. (2010). Littoraria undulata (Gray, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208934 on 6 June 2010 .
  • 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
  • Reid, D.G. (1986). The littorinid molluscs of mangrove forests in the Indo-Pacific region. British Museum (Natural History), London
  • 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, pp. 187–210. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong
  • Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
  • Lozouet, P. & Plaziat, J.-C., 2008 Mangrove environments and molluscs, Abatan river, Bohol and Panglao islands, central Philippines, pp. 1–160, 38 pls
  • 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
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