Mainwaringia rhizophila

Mainwaringia rhizophila
Mainwaringia rhizophila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Littorinoidea
Family: Littorinidae
Subfamily: Littorininae
Genus: Mainwaringia
Species: M. rhizophila
Binomial name
Mainwaringia rhizophila
Reid, 1986[1]

Mainwaringia rhizophila is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.[2]

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Description

Distribution

References

  1. ^ Reid D.G. (1986). Mainwaringia Nevill, 1885, a Littorinid genus from asiatic mangrove forests, and a case of protandrous hermaphroditism. Journal of Molluscan Studies 52:225-242.. World Register of Marine Species, accessed 6 June 2010.
  2. ^ Mainwaringia rhizophila Reid, 1986. Reid, David G. (2010). Mainwaringia rhizophila Reid, 1986. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446354 on 6 June 2010.

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