MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Littorinoidea Children, 1834

ERMS taxon details

Littorinoidea Children, 1834

AphiaID

14766 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:14766)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Superfamily

Parent

Littorinimorpha

Original name

Littorinidae Children, 1834

Direct children (5)

Ordering

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Children Display

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Family Littorinidae Children, 1834
Family Pomatiidae R. B. Newton, 1891 (1828)
Family Skeneopsidae Iredale, 1915
Family Zerotulidae Warén & Hain, 1996
Family Lacunidae J. E. Gray, 1857 accepted as Lacuninae J. E. Gray, 1857 (unaccepted > superseded rank)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

(of Littorinidae Children, 1834) Children J.G. (1834). [Mollusca]. Pp. 88-118, in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum, ed. 28: 88-118. [Authorship attributed to Children after G. Steiner & A.R. Kabat, 2001, Zoosystema, 23(3): 454-455].
page(s): 110 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Littorinoidea Children, 1834. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=14766 on 2026-04-30

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Littorinoidea Children, 1834. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=14766 on 2026-04-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

db_admin

2009-03-27 17:40:10Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2020-04-10 10:39:35Z

changed

Páll-Gergely, Barna

2025-12-23 21:59:24Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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original description (of Littorinidae Children, 1834) Children J.G. (1834). [Mollusca]. Pp. 88-118, in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum, ed. 28: 88-118. [Authorship attributed to Children after G. Steiner & A.R. Kabat, 2001, Zoosystema, 23(3): 454-455].
page(s): 110 [details]

basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Littorinoidea)
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To The Arctic Traits Database (1 trait)