Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Littorinoidea > Family Littorinidae > Subfamily Littorininae > Genus Melarhaphe

Melarhaphe neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Melarhaphe*	Menke, 1828	accepted genus name
*Melaraphe*	Menke, 1828	orthographic variant
*Melaraphe*	Menke, 1828	synonym

Species group names

*Helix littorina*	Delle Chiaje, 1828	basionym
*Helix littorina*	Delle Chiaje, 1828	synonym
*Helix petraea*	Montagu, 1803	synonym
*Littorina basterotii*	Payraudeau, 1826	synonym
*Littorina insularum*	Locard, 1892	synonym
*Littorina neritoides*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Littorina neritoides var. major*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Paludina glabrata*	Pfeiffer, 1828	synonym
*Paludinella littorina*	(Delle Chiaje, 1828)	synonym
*Turbo caerulescens*	Lamarck, 1822	synonym
*Turbo neritoides*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Turbo tricolor*	Risso, 1826	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): småstrandsnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: lille strandsnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: kleine alikruik

English: small periwinkle sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Small Periwinkle sources: Charles Hussey

Norwegian: småstrandsnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: småstrandsnegl sources: Systema Naturae ed. 10:

Norwegian Nynorsk: småstrandsnigel sources: Systema Naturae ed. 10:

Nynorsk (Norwegian): småstrandsnigel

Literature

basis of record	Reid, D.G. (1989a) The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 324: 1-110.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
GenBank (57 nucleotides; 53 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Reid, David G.; Gofas, S. (2014). Melarhaphe neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140266

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Occurrence

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Native

Introduced

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Managed

No data

Environment

marine

Importance

IUCN:
Red List status DD 2008 This species is data deficient, there is inadequate information to make a direct, or indirect, assessment of its risk of extinction based on its distribution and/or population status according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

This species is data deficient, there is inadequate information to make a direct, or indirect, assessment of its risk of extinction based on its distribution and/or population status according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

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2010-01-19 by David G. Reid

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