Laevilitorina is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.[2]

Laevilitorina
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Littorinidae
Genus: Laevilitorina
Pfeiffer, 1886[1]
Species

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Synonyms[2]
  • Corneolitorina Powell, 1951
  • Laevilacunaria (Pellilacunella) Powell, 1951
  • Laevilitorina (Laevilitorina) Pfeffer in Martens & Pfeffer, 1886· accepted, alternate representation
  • Laevilitorina (Macquariella) Finlay, 1926· accepted, alternate representation
  • Laevilitorina (Pellilacunella) Powell, 1951· accepted, alternate representation
  • Laevilitorina (Rissolittorina) Ponder, 1966· accepted, alternate representation
  • Laevilitorina (Rufolacuna) Ponder, 1976· accepted, alternate representation
  • Macquariella Finlay, 1926
  • Rissolittorina Ponder, 1966

Species

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Species in the genus Laevilitorina include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

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  1. ^ Pfeiffer L. K. G. (1886). Jahrb. Hamburg. Anst. 3: 81.
  2. ^ a b Reid, David G. (2010). Laevilitorina Pfeffer in Martens & Pfeffer, 1886. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196959 on 10 August 2012

Further reading

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  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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