Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order [unassigned] Caenogastropoda > Superfamily Cerithioidea > Family Litiopidae > Genus Litiopa

Litiopa melanostoma Rang, 1829

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Litiopa*	Rang, 1829	accepted genus name
*Abaconia*	Clench, 1938	synonym
*Bombyxinus*	Bélanger in Lesson, 1834	synonym

Species group names

*Abaconia naufraga*	(Clench, 1938)	synonym
*Bombyxinus uva*	Bélanger in Lesson, 1831	synonym
*Buccinum litiopa*	Quoy & Gaimard, 1833	synonym
*Litiopa bombix*	Kiener, 1833	synonym
*Litiopa decussata*	Gould, 1852	synonym
*Litiopa divisa*	Carpenter, 1855	synonym
*Litiopa grateloupeana*	Drouet, 1858	synonym
*Litiopa maculata*	Rang, 1829	synonym
*Litiopa nitidula*	Pfeiffer, 1840	synonym
*Litiopa striata*	Pfeiffer, 1840	synonym

Literature

original description	Rang S. (1829). Notice sur le Litiope, Litiopa, genre nouveau de Mollusque astéropode. Annales des Sciences Naturelles 16: 303-307
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.
additional source	Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications)
Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Litiopa melanostoma Rang, 1829. 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:140258