Melarhaphe neritoides

Melarhaphe neritoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Littorinidae
Genus: Melarhaphe
Menke, 1828
Species:
M. neritoides
Binomial name
Melarhaphe neritoides
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
  • Helix petraea Montagu, 1803
  • Littorina neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Littorina petraeus (Montagu, 1803)
  • Melarhaphe induta (Westerlund, 1898)
  • Paludinella littorina (delle Chiaje, 1828)
  • Tricolia rissoi Audouin, 1826
  • Turbo neritoides Linnaeus, 1758

Melarhaphe neritoides, common name : the small periwinkle, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.[1]

This species was previously known as Littorina neritoides.

Melarhaphe is a monotypic genus, in other words, this is the only species in that genus.

  1. ^ a b Melarhaphe neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2018.