Morphological study on Littorina Flava (King &amp; Broderip) from Brazil (Caenogastropoda, Littorinidae)

Simone, Luiz Ricardo L.

doi:10.1590/S0101-81751998000400005

Abstract

A detailed morphological study of the littorinid Littorina flava (King & Broderip), from Venezuelan and Brazilian coasts, is given and commented. a considerable degree of shell characters variation was found, mainly in color and sculpture. The pallial cavity presents normal fashion of mesogastropods, without any detectable morphological modification for the long air-exposure. The digestive system present odontophore muscles very similar to those of the cerithioideans and hydrobioideans; the radula, however, is enormously long; the stomach lacks differentiate style sac. The penis is characteristic in lacking annex glands. The pallial oviduct has no jelly gland, and has a well developed bursa copulatrix and vaginal tube.

Mollusca; Littorina flava; morphology; systematics; Brazil

Morphological study on Littorina Flava (King & Broderip) from Brazil (Caenogastropoda, Littorinidae)

Luiz Ricardo L. Simone

Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo. Caixa Postal 42694, 04299-970 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil, e-mail: lrsimone@usp.br

ABSTRACT

A detailed morphological study of the littorinid Littorina flava (King & Broderip), from Venezuelan and Brazilian coasts, is given and commented. a considerable degree of shell characters variation was found, mainly in color and sculpture. The pallial cavity presents normal fashion of mesogastropods, without any detectable morphological modification for the long air-exposure. The digestive system present odontophore muscles very similar to those of the cerithioideans and hydrobioideans; the radula, however, is enormously long; the stomach lacks differentiate style sac. The penis is characteristic in lacking annex glands. The pallial oviduct has no jelly gland, and has a well developed bursa copulatrix and vaginal tube.

Key words: Mollusca, Littorina flava, morphology, systematics, Brazil

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Recebido em 11.XII.1997; aceito em 26.X.1998.

ABBOTT, R.T. 1974. American seashells. New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 2^nd éd., 663p.
Bandel, K. 1974. Studies on Littorinidae from the Atlantic. Veliger, Berkeley, 17 (2): 92-114.
BANDEL, K. & D. KADOLSKY. 1982. Western Atlantic species of Nodilittorina (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia): comparative morphology and its functional, ecological, phylogenetic and taxonomic implications. Veliger, Berkeley, 25 (1): 1-42.
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BOULDING, E.G.; J. BUCKLAND-NICKS & K.L.V. ALSTYNE. 1993. Morphological and allozyme variation in Littorina sitkana and related Littorina species from the Northeastern Pacific. Veliger, Berkeley, 36 (1): 43-68.
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KING, P.P. & W.J. BRODERIP. 1832. Description of the Cirrhipedia, Conchifera and Mollusca, in a collection formed by the officers of H.M.S. Adventure and Beagle employed between the years 1826 and 1830 in surveying the southern coast of South America, including the Straits of Magalhaens and the coast of Tierra del Fuego. Zool. Jour., London, 5: 332-349.
MARCUS, E. & E.B.R. MARCUS. 1963. Mesogastropoden von der küste São Paulos. Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse 1: 1-105.
MATTHEWS, H.R. 1968. Notas sobre a família Littorinidae no Nordeste brasileiro (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Arq. Est. Biol. Mar. Univ. Fed. Ceará 8 (2): 183-186.
MORRETES, F.L. 1949. Ensaio de catálogo dos moluscos do Brasil. Arq. Mus. Paranaense, Curitiba, 7: 1-216.
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ORBIGNY, A. 1834-1847. Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale. 5(3): mollusques. Paris, 758p.
PONDER, W.F. 1976. Three species of Littorinidae from Southern Australia. Malacological Review, Whitmore Lake, 9: 105-114.
REID, D.G. 1989. Systematic revision ofthe recent species of Peasiella Nevill, 1885 (Gastropoda: Littorinidae), with notes on the fossil species. Nautilus, Washington, 103 (2): 43-69.
REID, D.G. & A.N. GÓLIKOV. 1991. Littorina naticoides, new species, with notes on the other smooth-shelled Littorina species from the Northwestern Pacific. Nautilus, Washington, 105 (1): 7-15.
REÍD, D.G.; N.I. ZASLAVSKAYA & S.O. SERGIEVSKY. 1991. Littorina kasatka, a new species from the Kurile Island and Okhotsk Sea. Nautilus, Washington, 105(1): 1-6.
RIOS, E.C. 1970. Coastal Brazilian seashells Rio Grande, Museu Oceanógrafico de Rio Grande, 255p.
______. 1975. Brazilian marine mollusks iconography Rio Grande, Museu Oceanógrafico de Rio Grande, 331 p.
______. 1985. Seashells of Brazil Fundação Universidade de Rio Grande - Museu Oceanógrafico. Rio Grande, 328 pp + 102 pis.
______. 1994. Seashells of Brazil. Rio Grande, Fundação Universidade de Rio Grande, Museu Oceanógrafico, 2nd ed., 368p.
VERMEIJ, G.J. & J.W. PORTER. 1971. Some characteristics of the dominant intertidal molluscs from rocky shores in Pernambuco, Brazil. Bull. Mar. Sc., Miami, 21: 440-454.
YIPP, M.W. & T.H. CAREFOOT. 1988. Studies on distribution, degree of aerial exposure, and comparative interactions in four species of tropical intertidal gastropods. Veliger, Berkeley, 31 (1-2): 91-100.

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Received
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Accepted
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[1] ABBOTT, R.T. 1974. American seashells. New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 2^nd éd., 663p.

[2] Bandel, K. 1974. Studies on Littorinidae from the Atlantic. Veliger, Berkeley, 17 (2): 92-114.

[3] BANDEL, K. & D. KADOLSKY. 1982. Western Atlantic species of Nodilittorina (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia): comparative morphology and its functional, ecological, phylogenetic and taxonomic implications. Veliger, Berkeley, 25 (1): 1-42.

[4] BEQUAERT, J.C. 1943. The genus Littorina in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia, Cambridge, 1 (7): 1-28.

[5] BOULDING, E.G.; J. BUCKLAND-NICKS & K.L.V. ALSTYNE. 1993. Morphological and allozyme variation in Littorina sitkana and related Littorina species from the Northeastern Pacific. Veliger, Berkeley, 36 (1): 43-68.

[6] FRETTER, V. & A. GRAHAM. 1962. The anatomy of Littorina to illustrate prosobranch organization, p. 14-48. In: V. Fretter & A. Graham (Eds). British prosobranch molluscs London, Ray Society, 755p.

[7] FURTADO-OGAWA, F. 1970. Contribuição ao conhecimento da fauna malacológica intertidal de substratos duros no Nordeste Brasileiro. Arq. Ciências Mar, Fortaleza, 10 (2): 193-196.

[8] KING, P.P. & W.J. BRODERIP. 1832. Description of the Cirrhipedia, Conchifera and Mollusca, in a collection formed by the officers of H.M.S. Adventure and Beagle employed between the years 1826 and 1830 in surveying the southern coast of South America, including the Straits of Magalhaens and the coast of Tierra del Fuego. Zool. Jour., London, 5: 332-349.

[9] MARCUS, E. & E.B.R. MARCUS. 1963. Mesogastropoden von der küste São Paulos. Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse 1: 1-105.

[10] MATTHEWS, H.R. 1968. Notas sobre a família Littorinidae no Nordeste brasileiro (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Arq. Est. Biol. Mar. Univ. Fed. Ceará 8 (2): 183-186.

[11] MORRETES, F.L. 1949. Ensaio de catálogo dos moluscos do Brasil. Arq. Mus. Paranaense, Curitiba, 7: 1-216.

[12] OLIVEIRA, M.P.; G.J.R. REZENDE & G.A. CASTRO. 1981. Catálogo dos moluscos da Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora MEC, Universidade Federal Juiz de Fora, 520p.

[13] ORBIGNY, A. 1834-1847. Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale. 5(3): mollusques. Paris, 758p.

[14] PONDER, W.F. 1976. Three species of Littorinidae from Southern Australia. Malacological Review, Whitmore Lake, 9: 105-114.

[15] REID, D.G. 1989. Systematic revision ofthe recent species of Peasiella Nevill, 1885 (Gastropoda: Littorinidae), with notes on the fossil species. Nautilus, Washington, 103 (2): 43-69.

[16] REID, D.G. & A.N. GÓLIKOV. 1991. Littorina naticoides, new species, with notes on the other smooth-shelled Littorina species from the Northwestern Pacific. Nautilus, Washington, 105 (1): 7-15.

[17] REÍD, D.G.; N.I. ZASLAVSKAYA & S.O. SERGIEVSKY. 1991. Littorina kasatka, a new species from the Kurile Island and Okhotsk Sea. Nautilus, Washington, 105(1): 1-6.

[18] RIOS, E.C. 1970. Coastal Brazilian seashells Rio Grande, Museu Oceanógrafico de Rio Grande, 255p.

[19] ______. 1975. Brazilian marine mollusks iconography Rio Grande, Museu Oceanógrafico de Rio Grande, 331 p.

[20] ______. 1985. Seashells of Brazil Fundação Universidade de Rio Grande - Museu Oceanógrafico. Rio Grande, 328 pp + 102 pis.

[21] ______. 1994. Seashells of Brazil. Rio Grande, Fundação Universidade de Rio Grande, Museu Oceanógrafico, 2nd ed., 368p.

[22] VERMEIJ, G.J. & J.W. PORTER. 1971. Some characteristics of the dominant intertidal molluscs from rocky shores in Pernambuco, Brazil. Bull. Mar. Sc., Miami, 21: 440-454.

[23] YIPP, M.W. & T.H. CAREFOOT. 1988. Studies on distribution, degree of aerial exposure, and comparative interactions in four species of tropical intertidal gastropods. Veliger, Berkeley, 31 (1-2): 91-100.