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
Genera (12): Afrolittorina – Austrolittorina – Cenchritis – Echinolittorina – Littoraria – Littorina – Mainwaringia – Melarhaphe – Nodilittorina – Peasiella – Rufolacuna – Tectarius
Name
Littorininae Children, 1834
Type Genus: Littorina Férussac, 1822
Synonyms
Echinininae Rosewater, 1972
Tectariinae Rosewater, 1972
Melaraphidae Starobogatov & Sitnikova, 1983
References
Children, J.H. 1834. Pp. 88-188, in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum, edition 28.
Bouchet, P. & J.-P. Rocroi. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47(1-2): 1–397.
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.
Links
Littorininae in the World Register of Marine Species
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