Austrolittorina fernandezensis
| Austrolittorina fernandezensis | |
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| Shell of Austrolittorina fernandezensis (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Littorinidae |
| Genus: | Austrolittorina |
| Species: | A. fernandezensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Austrolittorina fernandezensis (Rosewater, 1870) | |
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Austrolittorina fernandezensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles. [2] [1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 18 mm, its diameter 11.3 mm.
Distribution
This marine species was found off Robinson Crusoe Island, Juan Fernández Islands, Chile.
References
- 1 2 Reid, Philip C.; et al. (31 December 2010). "A Global Continuous Plankton Recorder Programme". Proceedings of OceanObs'09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society. European Space Agency: 783–795. doi:10.5270/oceanobs09.cwp.73. hdl:10508/3241. ISBN 978-3-86987-200-1.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: periodical has ISBN (link) - ↑ Austrolittorina fernandezensis (Rosewater, 1870). 12 April 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
External links
- Rosewater, J (1970). "The family Littorinidae in the Indopacific. I. The subfamily Littorininae". Indo-Pacific Mollusca. 2 (11). Retrieved 12 April 2026.
- 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