Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Littorinoidea > Family Littorinidae > Subfamily Littorininae > Genus Melarhaphe

Melarhaphe neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Melarhaphe*	Menke, 1828	accepted genus name
*Melaraphe*	Menke, 1828	orthographic variant

Species group names

*Helix petraea*	Montagu, 1803	synonym
*Littorina basterotii*	Payraudeau, 1826	synonym
*Littorina insularum*	Locard, 1891	synonym
*Littorina neritoides*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Littorina neritoides var. major*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Littorina petraea*	(Montagu, 1803)	synonym
*Melarhaphe induta*	(Westerlund, 1898)	synonym
*Paludina glabrata*	C. Pfeiffer, 1828	synonym
*Paludinella littorina*	(Delle Chiaje, 1828)	synonym
*Tricolia rissoi*	Audouin, 1826	synonym
*Turbo caerulescens*	Lamarck, 1822	synonym
*Turbo neritoides*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Turbo tricolor*	Risso, 1826	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: lille strandsnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: kleine alikruik

English: small periwinkle sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: Blaue Strandschnecke; Gewöhnliche Strandschnecke; Zwergstrandschnecke; Zwerg-Strandschnecke sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Norwegian Bokmål: småstrandsnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: småstrandsnigel

Literature

basis of record	Reid, D. G. (1989). The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 324: 1-110.
additional source	Fourdrilis, S.; De Frias Martins, A. M.; Backeljau, T. (2018). Relation between mitochondrial DNA hyperdiversity, mutation rate and mitochondrial genome evolution in Melarhaphe neritoides (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) and other Caenogastropoda. Scientific Reports. 8(1).

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melarhaphe neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140266

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Environment

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EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

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2010-01-19 by David G. Reid

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