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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
LITTORINIDAE: LITTORININAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Littorinoidea (Superfamily)
> Littorinidae (Family)
> Littorininae (Subfamily)
> Austrolittorina (Genus)
> cincta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Littorina (Austrolittorina) Rosewater, 1970
=Nodilittorina Martens, 1897
Synonymised Names:
=Littorina cincta Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
=Littorina luctuosa Reeve, 1857
=Melarhaphe zelandiae Finlay, 1926
=Nodilittorina cincta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Images: Austrolittorina cincta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
On open coastal rocks. 22mm. © rights reserved
A common species found on rocks at high-mid tide. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
LITTORINIDAE: LITTORININAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Littorinoidea (Superfamily)
> Littorinidae (Family)
> Littorininae (Subfamily)
> Austrolittorina (Genus)
> cincta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Littorina (Austrolittorina) Rosewater, 1970
=Nodilittorina Martens, 1897
Synonymised Names:
=Littorina cincta Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
=Littorina luctuosa Reeve, 1857
=Melarhaphe zelandiae Finlay, 1926
=Nodilittorina cincta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Details: Austrolittorina cincta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Size/Grows to:
Height 24mm, Width 13mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart, Snares, Auckland and Chatham Islands, from 0m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Periwinkle. Living near high tide level
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References and Publications
  • 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 (p.96)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.87)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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