Littoraria intermedia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Littorinidae |
| Genus: | Littoraria |
| Species: | L. intermedia
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| Littoraria intermedia (Philippi, 1846)
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Distribution
editMangrove forests of Vietnam, Eritrea, Indian Ocean (Aldabra, Chagos), Madagascar, Mozambique, Mauritius, Seychelles, Tanzania (Indo-Pacific)
Description
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Ecology
editLittoraria intermedia is a predominantly mangrove-associated species.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Littoraria intermedia (Philippi, 1846). Reid, David G. (2010). Littoraria intermedia (Philippi, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208938 on 6 June 2010 .
- ^ Zvonareva S., Kantor Yu., Li X. & Britayev T. (2015). "Long-term monitoring of Gastropoda (Mollusca) fauna in planted mangroves in central Vietnam". Zoological Studies 54: 39. doi:10.1186/s40555-015-0120-0.
- Philippi, R.A. (1846). Descriptions of a new species of Trochus, and of eighteen new species of Littorina, in the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 13: 138–143
- Reid, D.G. (1986). The littorinid molluscs of mangrove forests in the Indo-Pacific region. British Museum (Natural History), London.
- Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
- Reid, D.G. (2001). New data on the taxonomy and distribution of the genus Littoraria Griffith and Pidgeon, 1834 (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in Indo-West Pacific mangrove forests. Nautilus. 115:115–139.
- Reid, D.G., Dyal, P., & Williams, S.T. (2010). Global diversification of mangrove fauna: a molecular phylogeny of Littoraria (Gastropoda: Littorinidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 55:185–201.
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- Reeve, L. A. (1857-1858). Monograph of the genus Littorina. In: Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 10, pls. 1-18 and unpaginated text. Reeve, London
- Reid D.G. (1989) The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 324: 1–110
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