Littoraria undulata

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	MOLLUSCA	GASTROPODA	LITTORINIMORPHA	LITTORINIDAE

Scientific Name:	Littoraria undulata
Species Authority:	(Gray, 1839)
Synonym/s:	Littorina undulata Serene, 1937 Littorina undulata Morlet, 1889 Littorinopsis undulata Gray, 1839

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2011
Assessor/s:	Clark, S.
Reviewer/s:	Böhm, M. & Collen, B.
Contributor/s:	Dyer, E., Soulsby, A.-M., Whitton, F., McGuinness, S., De Silva, R., Milligan, H.T., Kasthala, G., Herdson, R., Thorley, J., McMillan, K. & Collins, A.
Justification: Littorinopsis undulata has been assessed as Least Concern as it has a widespread and abundant distribution with no major current threats impacting the global population of this species.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is distributed in coastal areas from the area of 'the Red Sea over India to Australia, the Philippines, Thailand and the Pacific Islands’ (Brandt 1974).
Countries:	Native: Bangladesh; Egypt (Egypt (African part), Sinai); Ethiopia; India (Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal); Iran, Islamic Republic of; Myanmar (Coco Is., Myanmar (mainland)); Oman; Pakistan; Philippines; Saudi Arabia; Somalia; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Yemen (North Yemen, Socotra, South Yemen)
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Population [top]

Population:	This species is common in Thailand (Sri-aroon et al. 2005). The exact distribution of this species is unclear.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This brackish species is known from mangrove and nipa-palm swamps (Brandt 1974).
Systems:	Freshwater; Marine

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	This species has a wide distribution and it is unlikely that it is being threatened on a global scale.

Major Threat(s):

This species has a wide distribution and it is unlikely that it is being threatened on a global scale.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	There are no species-specific conservation measures in place for this species. However, certain areas of its distribution coincide with protected areas. Further research is recommended to clarify the exact distribution of this species.

Conservation Actions:

There are no species-specific conservation measures in place for this species. However, certain areas of its distribution coincide with protected areas. Further research is recommended to clarify the exact distribution of this species.

Citation:	Clark, S. 2011. Littoraria undulata. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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