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

Melarhaphe neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

MelarhapheMenke, 1828accepted genus name
Melaraphe Menke, 1828 orthographic variant
Melaraphe Menke, 1828 synonym

Species group names

Helix littorina Delle Chiaje, 1828 basionym
Helix littorina Delle Chiaje, 1828 synonym
Helix petraea Montagu, 1803 synonym
Littorina basterotii Payraudeau, 1826 synonym
Littorina insularum Locard, 1892 synonym
Littorina neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758) synonym
Littorina neritoides var. major Pallary, 1900 synonym
Paludina glabrata Pfeiffer, 1828 synonym
Paludinella littorina (Delle Chiaje, 1828) synonym
Turbo caerulescens Lamarck, 1822 synonym
Turbo neritoides Linnaeus, 1758 synonym
Turbo tricolor Risso, 1826 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Bokmål (Norwegian): småstrandsnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 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
 English-United States: Small Periwinkle sources: Charles Hussey
 Norwegian: småstrandsnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: småstrandsnegl sources: Systema Naturae ed. 10:
 Norwegian Nynorsk: småstrandsnigel sources: Systema Naturae ed. 10:
 Nynorsk (Norwegian): småstrandsnigel

Literature

basis of record

Reid, D.G. (1989a) The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 324: 1-110.

additional source

Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

Genbank

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Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
GenBank (57 nucleotides; 53 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Reid, David G.; Gofas, S. (2014). Melarhaphe neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) 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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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

IUCN:
Red List status DD 2008This species is data deficient, there is inadequate information to make a direct, or indirect, assessment of its risk of extinction based on its distribution and/or population status according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

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Last modified

2010-01-19 by David G. Reid

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