Austrolittorina antipodum

Blue banded periwinkle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Littorinoidea
Family:	Littorinidae
Subfamily:	Littorininae
Genus:	Austrolittorina
Species:	A. antipodum
Binomial name
	Austrolittorina antipodum; Philippi, 1847
Synonyms
	Echinolittorina antipodum (Philippi, 1847); Littorina antipodum Philippi, 1847; Littorina mauritiana Suter, 1913; Melarhaphe oliveri Finlay, 1930; Littorina unifasciata antipodum Rosewater, 1970;

Austrolittorina antipodum (Philippi, 1847), known as the banded periwinkle^[2] is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles, found in New Zealand.^[3]

Distribution

This subspecies occurs in New Zealand^[4]

References

^ Finlay H. J. 1930. Additions to the Recent Molluscan Fauna of New Zealand. No. 3. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Volume 61, page 222-247.
^ Wassilieff, Maggy (2009-03-02). "Coastal shoreline - The rocky coast – upper shore". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 15 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-13. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Reid, D. G.; Williams, S. T. (2004). "The subfamily Littorininae (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in the temperate Southern Hemisphere: The genera Nodilittorina, Austrolittorina and Afrolittorina". Records of the Australian Museum. 56: 75. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.56.2004.1393.
^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

Sources

Reid, D.G. & Williams, S.T. (2004) The subfamily Littorininae (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in the temperate Southern Hemisphere: the genera Nodilittorina, Austrolittorina and Afrolittorina. Records of the Australian Museum 56: 75122
WoRMS (2010). Austrolittorina antipodum (Philippi, 1847). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446839 on 2010-06-05

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[Finlay-1] Finlay H. J. 1930. Additions to the Recent Molluscan Fauna of New Zealand. No. 3. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Volume 61, page 222-247.

[2] Wassilieff, Maggy (2009-03-02). "Coastal shoreline - The rocky coast – upper shore". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 15 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-13. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[3] Reid, D. G.; Williams, S. T. (2004). "The subfamily Littorininae (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in the temperate Southern Hemisphere: The genera Nodilittorina, Austrolittorina and Afrolittorina". Records of the Australian Museum. 56: 75. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.56.2004.1393.

[4] Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

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