Superregnum: Eukaryota
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., D.G. Reid & D.T.J. Littlewood. 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., & S.T. Williams. 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.
Afrolittorina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Afrolittorina include:
Afrolittorina acutispira (E.A. Smith, 1892)[2]
Afrolittorina africana (Philippi, 1847)[3]
Afrolittorina knysnaensis (Philippi, 1847)[4]
Afrolittorina praetermissa (May, 1909)[5]
References
Afrolittorina Williams, Reid & Littlewood, 2003. Reid, David G. (2010). Afrolittorina Williams, Reid & Littlewood, 2003. 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=446385 on 6 June 2010 .
Afrolittorina acutispira (E.A. Smith, 1892). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
Afrolittorina africana (Philippi, 1847). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
Afrolittorina knysnaensis (Philippi, 1847). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
Afrolittorina praetermissa (May, 1909). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
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