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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Mollusca (phylum)  »  Gastropoda (class)  »  Littorinimorpha (order)  »  Littorinidae (family)

CAAB Code: 24 095002 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
:

Afrolittorina acutispira   (E.A. Smith, 1892)

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 24 - Mollusca - Gastropoda Gastropods (univalve molluscs, slugs, snails etc.)
Family: 24 95 Littorinidae (periwinkles) - show full list
Common Name: [a periwinkle]
Common Names List: periwinkle
Organism Type: a periwinkle
Synonyms: Littorina acutispira
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Parent Codes: 24 095901     Afrolittorina spp.

Identifiers:
AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:2230f4f6-b678-4622-b409-c3b03c12b521
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:446835
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-11
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
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Record source: Wilson, B., 1993, Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods Pt I. Odyssey Publishing, Leederville, W.A.
Scientific Name
verified against
:
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, Vol. 56(1): 75-122.
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