Littoraria intermedia Philippi 1846
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Description
Littoraria intermedia (Philippi, 1846)
Figs 6 Y–Z, AA–AB
Littorina intermedia Philippi, 1846: 141.
Littoraria (Littorinopsis) intermedia: Reid 1986: 124 –135, figs 43–47 (full synonymy); Okutani 2000: 138 –139, pl. 69, fig. 17. Littoraria intermedia: Lozouet & Plaziat 2008: 116 –117, pl. 22, figs 7–8; Zvonareva et al. 2015: 8, fig. 3(2).
Material examined. Nha Phu Bay, Dam Bay, natural mangroves, 5 specimens.
Abundance. Uncommon.
Measurements. Up to 32 mm (Reid 1986).
Ecological notes. Ovoviviparous species (Reid 1986).
An oceanic species. Typically on trunks and roots throughout Rhizophora forest, occasionally on other trees, 0.3– 2 m above the ground. Rather common on sheltered rocks (Reid 1986).
In studied sites it was found on trunks and roots of mature Rhizophora trees.
Relation to mangroves. Predominantly mangrove-associated.
Distribution in Vietnam. Central coast.
General distribution. Throughout the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific (Reid 1986).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Littorinidae
- Genus
- Littoraria
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Littorinimorpha
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Scientific name authorship
- Philippi
- Species
- intermedia
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Littoraria intermedia Philippi, 1846 sec. Zvonareva & Kantor, 2016
References
- Philippi, R. A. (1846) Descriptions of a new species of Trochus, and of eighteen new species of Littorina, in the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 13, 138 - 143.
- Reid, D. G. (1986) The littorinid molluscs of mangrove forests in the Indo-Pacific region: the genus Littoraria. British Museum (Natural History), London, 227 pp.
- Okutani, T. (2000) Marine Mollusks in Japan. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, 1173 pp.
- Lozouet, P. & Plaziat, J. - C. (2008) Mangrove environments and mollusks. Abatan River, Bohol and Panglao Islands, Central Philippines. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 166 pp.
- Zvonareva, S., Kantor Yu., Xinzheng, L. & Britayev, T. (2015) Long-term monitoring of Gastropoda (Mollusca) fauna in planted mangroves in central Vietnam. Zoological studies, 54, 1 - 39.