- Austrolittorina antipodum
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Banded periwinkle 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Superorder: Caenogastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade LittorinimorphaSuperfamily: Littorinoidea Family: Littorinidae Subfamily: Littorininae Genus: Austrolittorina Species: A. antipodum Binomial name Austrolittorina antipodum
Philippi, 1847Synonyms Austrolittorina antipodum (Philippi, 1847), known as the Banded periwinkle[2]is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.
Distribution
This subspecies occurs in New Zealand[3]
Austrolittorina antipodum apertural view
References
- ^ Finlay H. J. 1930. Additions to the Recent Molluscan Fauna of New Zealand. No. 3. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Volume 61, page 222-247.
- ^ Wassilieff, Maggy (2009-03-02). "Coastal shoreline - The rocky coast – upper shore". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/coastal-shoreline/2. Retrieved 2010-09-13.
- ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
Sources
- Reid, D.G. & Williams, S.T. (2004) The subfamily Littorininae (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in the temperate Southern Hemisphere: the genera Nodilittorina, Austrolittorina and Afrolittorina. Records of the Australian Museum 56: 75122
- WoRMS (2010). Austrolittorina antipodum (Philippi, 1847). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446839 on 2010-06-05
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