The Littorinidae are a taxonomic family of over 200 species of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Littorinimorpha, commonly known as periwinkles and found worldwide.
Taxonomy These subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005): Subfamily Littorininae Children, 1834 – synonyms: Echinininae Rosewater, 1972; Tectariinae Rosewater, 1972; Melaraphidae Starobogatov & Sitnikova, 1983 Subfamily Lacuninae Gray, 1857 – synonyms: Risellidae Kesteven, 1903; Cremnoconchinae Preston, 1915; Bembiciidae Finlay, 1928. Subfamily Laevilitorininae Reid, 1989
Genera within the family Littorinidae include:World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) : Littorinidae
Littorininae Afrolittorina Williams, Reid & Littlewood, 2003 Austrolittorina Rosewater, 1970 Cenchritis von Martens, 1900 Echinolittorina Habe, 1956 – synonyms: Amerolittorina Reid, 2009; Fossarilittorina Rosewater, 1981; Granulilittorina Habe & Kosuge, 1966; Lineolittorina Reid, 2009 Littoraria Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834 – 39 species Littorina Férussac, 1822 – 18 species – type genus Mainwaringia Nevill, 1885 Melarhaphe Menke, 1828 Nodilittorina von Martens, 1897 – this genus proved to be polyphyletic and in 2003 was divided into: Echinolittorina – 59 species worldwide Austrolittorina – five species Afrolittorina – four species Nodilittorina s.s. – the monotypic subgenus Peasiella - Nevill, 1885 Tectarius Valenciennes, 1833 – 11 species, its synonym or subgenus includes: Echininus Clench & Abbott, 1942.
Lacuninae Bembicium Philippi, 1846 Cremnoconchus Blanford, 1869(file created 29 July 2010) FRESH WATER MOLLUSCAN SPECIES IN INDIA. 11 pp. accessed 31 July 2010.Blanford W. T. (1869). "Notes on some Indian and Mascarene Land-Shells". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)3: 340-344. page 343. – freshwater snails living in waterfalls.Strong E. E., Gargominy O., Ponder W. F. & Bouchet P. (2008). "Global Diversity of Gastropods (Gastropoda; Mollusca) in Freshwater". Hydrobiologia 595: 149–166. . Lacuna Turton, 1827 – synonym: Aquilonaria Dall, 1886 Pellilitorina Pfeffer in Martens & Pfeffer, 1886 Risellopsis Kesteven, 1902
Laevilitorininae Laevilacunaria Powell, 1951 Laevilitorina Pfeiffer, 1886
subfamily ? Algamorda Dall, 1918 Macquariella Finlay, 1927 (?) Rissolitorina Ponder, 1966
Synonyms Corneolitorina Powell, 1951: synonym of Laevilitorina (Laevilitorina) Pfeffer in Martens & Pfeffer, 1886 represented as Laevilitorina Pfeffer, 1886 Haloconcha Dall, 1886 is a synonym for Lacunaria Dall, 1885 Macquariella Finlay, 1926: synonym of Laevilitorina Pfeffer, 1886 Rissolittorina Ponder, 1966: synonym of Laevilitorina Pfeffer, 1886
References
Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
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