Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Orthogastropoda
Superordo: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Sorbeoconcha
Subordo: Hypsogastropoda
Infraordo: Littorinimorpha
Superfamilia: Littorinoidea
Familia: Littorinidae
Subfamilia: Littorininae
Genera: Austrolittorina - Afrolittorina - Echininus - Echinolittorina - Littoraria - Littorina - Nodilittorina - Tectarius
Name
Littorininae Children, 1834: 110.
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.
