Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Caenogastropoda incertae sedis > Superfamily Cerithioidea > Family Litiopidae > Genus Litiopa

Litiopa melanostoma Rang, 1829

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Litiopa*	Rang, 1829	accepted genus name
*Abaconia*	Clench, 1938	synonym
*Bombyxinus*	Bélanger, 1833	synonym
*Leptinaria (Abaconia)*	Clench, 1938	synonym

Species group names

*Abaconia naufraga*	(Clench, 1938)	synonym
*Bombyxinus uva*	Bélanger, 1833	synonym
*Buccinum litiopa*	Quoy & Gaimard, 1833	synonym
*Leptinaria (Abaconia) naufraga*	Clench, 1938	synonym
*Litiopa bombix*	Kiener, 1833	synonym
*Litiopa decussata*	A. Gould, 1848	synonym
*Litiopa divisa*	P. P. Carpenter, 1856	synonym
*Litiopa grateloupeana*	Drouët, 1858	synonym
*Litiopa maculata*	Rang, 1829	synonym
*Litiopa nitidula*	L. Pfeiffer, 1840	synonym
*Litiopa striata*	L. Pfeiffer, 1840	synonym

Literature

original description	Rang, S. (1829). Notice sur le Litiope, Litiopa, genre nouveau de Mollusque gastéropode. Annales des Sciences Naturelles. 16: 303-307.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Palmer, K. v. W. (1942). Notes on the name Litiopa melanostoma Rang and distribution of the species. The Nautilus. 55(4): 128-130.
additional source	Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.
additional source	Palmer, K. v. W. (1944). Litiopa melanostoma Rang. The Nautilus. 58(2): 70-71.
additional source	Houbrick, R. S. (1987). Anatomy of Alaba and Litiopa (Prosobranchia: Litiopidae): systematic implications. The Nautilus. 101(1): 9–18, figs. 1-14.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Litiopa melanostoma Rang, 1829. 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:140258