Littoraria scabra

Littoraria scabra
	Littoraria scabra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Littorinoidea
Family:	Littorinidae
Genus:	Littoraria
Species:	L. scabra
Binomial name
	Littoraria scabra; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Buccinulum (Evarnula) multilineum Powell, A.W.B., 1929; Buccinum foliorum Gmelin, 1791; Buccinum lineatum Gmelin, 1791; Helix scabra Linnaeus, 1758; Litorina scabra var. punctata Philippi, 1847; Litorina scabra var. rubra Philippi, 1847; Littorina novaehiberniae Lesson, 1831; Littorina pallescens var. erronea Nevill, 1885; Littorina scabra (Linnaeus, 1758); Littorina scabra tenuis Nevill, 1885; Melarhaphe scabra (Linnaeus, 1758); Turbo striatus Linnaeus, C. in Schumacher, H.C.F., 1838;

Littoraria scabra, common name : the mangrove periwinkle, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.^[1]

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, South Africa, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, the Seychelles and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean along Hawaii and New Zealand.

The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 40 mm.

Littoraria scabra is a predominantly mangrove-associated species.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Littoraria scabra (Linnaeus, 1758). Reid, David G. (2010). Littoraria scabra (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208939 on 6 June 2010 .
^ Zvonareva S., Kantor Yu., Li X. & Britayev T. (2015). "Long-term monitoring of Gastropoda (Mollusca) fauna in planted mangroves in central Vietnam". Zoological Studies 54: 39. doi:10.1186/s40555-015-0120-0.

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