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Blue Ball banded periwinkle
Littorina unifasciata antipodum.JPG
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Littorinoidea
Family:
Littorinidae
Subfamily:
Littorininae
Genus:
Austrolittorina
Species:
A. antipodum
Binomial name
Austrolittorina antipodum
Philippi, 1847
Synonyms
  • Echinolittorina antipodum (Philippi, 1847)
  • Littorina antipodum Philippi, 1847
  • Littorina mauritiana Suter, 1913
  • Melarhaphe oliveri Finlay, 1930
  • Littorina unifasciata antipodum Rosewater, 1970

Austrolittorina antipodum, known as the banded periwinkle, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod in the winkles and periwinkles family, Littorinidae. It is found in New Zealand. It occurs in New Zealand.

  • Littorina unifasciata antipodum (underside)

    Austrolittorina antipodum apertural view

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