Littorina planaxis G.B.Sowerby I, 1844

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Published in

Sowerby, & I, G. B. (1844). Description of fossil shells. Appendix to Part I, 153–160. In: Darwin, C. R., Geological observations on the volcanic islands, visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, together with some brief notices on the geology of Australia and the Cape of Good Hope. Being the second part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832–1836. Smith, Elder and Co., London. i–vii, 1–175. [Reprinted 1851, 1876, 1897]. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=380365

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Mollusca

class

Gastropoda

order

Littorinimorpha

family

Littorinidae

genus

Tectarius

species

Tectarius striatus

Name

Homonyms

Littorina planaxis R.A.Philippi, 1847

Littorina planaxis Jay, 1839

Littorina planaxis G.B.Sowerby I, 1844

Bibliographic References

1. Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218.
2. Reid, D. G. (1996). Systematics and evolution of <i>Littorina</i>. <em>The Ray Society.</em> 463p.
3. Rosewater, J. (1978). A case of double primary homonymy in eastern Pacific Littorinidae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 92(3): 123-125, figs. 1-6.
4. Sowerby, G. B. I. (1844). Description of fossil shells. Appendix to Part I, 153–160. In: Darwin, C. R., <i>Geological observations on the volcanic islands, visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, together with some brief notices on the geology of Australia and the Cape of Good Hope. Being the second part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832–1836</i>. Smith, Elder and Co., London. i–vii, 1–175. [Reprinted 1851, 1876, 1897].