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Melarhaphe neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758)

To GB Mollusca Types (Helix patraea Montagu, 1803; Syntype(s); EXEMS Moll4195)
To GB Mollusca Types (Helix patraea Montagu, 1803; Syntype(s); EXEMS Moll4195)

140266  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140266)

accepted
Species
Helix littorina Delle Chiaje, 1828 · unaccepted (original combination)
Helix petraea Montagu, 1803 · unaccepted (synonym)
Littorina basterotii Payraudeau, 1826 · unaccepted (synonym)
Littorina insularum Locard, 1891 · unaccepted (synonym)
Littorina neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (synonym)
Littorina petraea (Montagu, 1803) · unaccepted (synonym)
Paludina glabrata C. Pfeiffer, 1828 · unaccepted (synonym)
Turbo caerulescens Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted (synonym)
Turbo tricolor Risso, 1826 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine
(of Turbo neritoides Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 761 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melarhaphe neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140266 on 2026-06-02
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Melarhaphe neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=140266 on 2026-06-02
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gofas, Serge
2006-03-16 07:42:42Z
checked
Wambiji, Nina
2008-05-19 18:11:19Z
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Gofas, Serge
2010-01-06 15:32:47Z
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Reid, David G.
2010-01-19 10:37:05Z
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Reid, David G.

original description (of Turbo neritoides Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 761 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

original description (of Helix petraea Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Tricolia rissoi Audouin, 1826) Audouin, V. (1826). Explication sommaire des planches de Mollusques de l'Egypte et de la Syrie publiées par J.C. Savigny. in: Description de l'Egypte ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Egypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française, publié par les ordres de sa majesté l'empereur Napoléon le grand. <em>Histoire Naturelle, Animaux invertébrés.</em> 1(4): 7-56., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41330029
page(s): 41 [details] 

original description (of Helix littorina Delle Chiaje, 1828) Delle Chiaje S. (1823-1831). Memorie sulla storia e notomia degli animali senza vertebre del regno di Napoli. <em>Napoli: Fratelli Fernandes (vol. 1), and Società Tipografica (vol. 2-4).</em> Vol. 1, pp. i-xii, 1-84 [1823], pp. 1-184 [1824]; vol. 2, pp. [1-4] + 185-224 [1825], pp. 225-444 [1826]; vol. 3, pp. i-xx, pp. 1-232 [1828]; vol. 4, pp. i-vii [1831], 1-116 [1830], pp. 117-214 [1831]; pl. 1-4; pl. 1-69 [date?], pl. 70-109 [1830][dates according to Sherborn, 1922]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10021
page(s): 215, 229; pl. 49 fig. 36-38 [details] 

original description (of Littorina basterotii Payraudeau, 1826) Payraudeau, B. C. (1826). Catalogue descriptif et méthodique des annelides et des mollusques de l'Ile de Corse; avec huit planches représentant quatre-vingt-huit espèces, dont soixante-huit nouvelles. Imprimerie de J. Tastu, Paris, vii + 218 pp., pls. 1-8., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12944
page(s): 115, pl. 5 fig. 19-20 [details] 

original description (of Littorina insularum Locard, 1891) Locard, A. (1891). Les coquilles marines des côtes de France. <em>Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon.</em> 37: 1-385 [Published 31 October 1891; also published by Baillière as a book in 1892]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54577547
page(s): 190 [details] 

original description (of Paludina glabrata C. Pfeiffer, 1828) Pfeiffer, C. (1821-1828). <i>Naturgeschichte deutscher Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken</i>. Weimar. Abt. 1: i-x, 1-134, pls 1-8 [1821]; Abt. 2: i-viii, 1-40, pls 1-8 [1825]; Abt. 3: i-vi, 1-84, pls 1-8 [1828]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52682383
page(s): 3: 46, pl. 8 figs 9-10 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Turbo caerulescens Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): 49 [details] 

original description (of Turbo tricolor Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. <em>In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Littorina neritoides var. major Pallary, 1900) Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 48(3): 211-422., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25146965
page(s): 318 [details] 

basis of record Reid, D. G. (1989). The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.</em> 324: 1-110., available online at https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1989.0040 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Fourdrilis, S.; De Frias Martins, A. M.; Backeljau, T. (2018). Relation between mitochondrial DNA hyperdiversity, mutation rate and mitochondrial genome evolution in Melarhaphe neritoides (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) and other Caenogastropoda. <em>Scientific Reports.</em> 8(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-36428-7 [details] 
 
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BIOTIC (from synonym Paludinella littorina (Delle Chiaje, 1828))
Marine Life Information Network - UK (from synonym Paludinella littorina (Delle Chiaje, 1828))
Marine Life Information Network - UK 
To Barcode of Life (892 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Littorina insularum Locard, 1891)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Paludinella littorina (Delle Chiaje, 1828))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (189 publications) (from synonym Littorina neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) 
To Dyntaxa 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melarhaphe neritoides) 
To GB Mollusca Types (Helix patraea Montagu, 1803; Syntype(s); EXEMS Moll4195) (from synonym Helix petraea Montagu, 1803)
To GenBank (1922 nucleotides; 1295 proteins) 
To Malacopics (Melarhaphe neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758) France, Bretagne, Finistère, Île-Molène, Cal... 
To Malacopics (Melarhaphe neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758) Netherlands, Noord-Holland, muiden) 
To Malacopics (Melarhaphe neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758) Spain, Canarias, Lanzarote, Costa Teguise, P... 
To PESI (from synonym Littorina neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI (from synonym Turbo neritoides Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Helix petraea Montagu, 1803)
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Paludinella littorina (Delle Chiaje, 1828))
To PESI (from synonym Helix littorina Delle Chiaje, 1828)
To PESI (from synonym Littorina basterotii Payraudeau, 1826)
To PESI (from synonym Littorina insularum Locard, 1891)
To PESI (from synonym Paludina glabrata C. Pfeiffer, 1828)
To PESI (from synonym Turbo caerulescens Lamarck, 1822)
To PESI (from synonym Turbo tricolor Risso, 1826)
To PESI (from synonym Littorina neritoides var. major Pallary, 1900)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Littorina neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
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