Afrolittorina

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Littorinoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Gastropoda Subclassis: Caenogastropoda Ordo: Littorinimorpha Superfamilia: Littorinoidea

Familia: Littorinidae
Subfamilia: Littorininae
Genus: Afrolittorina

Species: A. acutispira – A. africana – A. knysnaensis – A. praetermissa

Name

Afrolittorina Williams, Reid & Littlewood, 2003

Type species: Littorina africana Krauss in Philippi, 1847

References

• Williams, S.T., Reid, D.G. & Littlewood, D.T.J. 2003. A molecular phylogeny of the Littorininae (Gastropoda: Littorinidae): unequal evolutionary rates, morphological parallelism and biogeography of the Southern Ocean. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 28: 60–86.
• 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(1): 75–122.