MolluscaBase name details
Littorina patula A. Gould, 1849
445654 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:445654)
unaccepted > junior homonym (of Littorina patula Thorpe, 1844)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gould, A. A. (1849). [Descriptions of new species of shells, brought home by the U. S. Exploring Expedition]. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 3: 83-85, 89-92, 106-108, 118-121 [May 1849], 140-144., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870391
page(s): 83. [details]
page(s): 83. [details]
Type locality contained in San Francisco Bay
type locality contained in San Francisco Bay [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Littorina patula A. Gould, 1849. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=445654 on 2025-09-11
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Gould, A. A. (1849). [Descriptions of new species of shells, brought home by the U. S. Exploring Expedition]. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 3: 83-85, 89-92, 106-108, 118-121 [May 1849], 140-144., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870391
page(s): 83. [details]
additional source Rosewater, J. (1978). A case of double primary homonymy in eastern Pacific Littorinidae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 92(3): 123-125, figs. 1-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8274067 [details]
source of synonymy Reid, D. G. (1996). Systematics and evolution of <i>Littorina</i>. <em>The Ray Society.</em> 463p. [details]
page(s): 83. [details]
additional source Rosewater, J. (1978). A case of double primary homonymy in eastern Pacific Littorinidae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 92(3): 123-125, figs. 1-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8274067 [details]
source of synonymy Reid, D. G. (1996). Systematics and evolution of <i>Littorina</i>. <em>The Ray Society.</em> 463p. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
