Littorinidae

family of molluscs
Taxon taxon Q1325371
Littorinidae
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Littorinidae

Summary

Littorinidae is a taxon[1]. Littorinidae ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (101 views/month, #1,597 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Littorinidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Littorinidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Littorinidae is classified within Littorinoidea[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Littorinidae is Littorinidae[6].
  • Littorinidae's Commons category is recorded as Littorinidae[7].
  • Littorinidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Littorinidae[8].
  • Littorinidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Alikruiken e.a.'}[9].
  • Littorinidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Strandschnecken'}[10].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Littorinidae is Littorinidae[6]. Littorinidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Littorinidae belongs to the parent taxon Littorinoidea[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Alikruiken e.a.'}[9] and {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Strandschnecken'}[10].

Identifiers

Littorinidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 48918[11]. Littorinidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 31212[12]. Littorinidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 2501[13]. Littorinidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2668[14]. Littorinidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 70394[15].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Littorinidae include Littorina Sea[16], a sea[17].

Why It Matters

Littorinidae ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (101 views/month, #1,597 of 195,241).[2] Littorinidae has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Littorinidae is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Entities named for Littorinidae include Littorina Sea[16], a sea[17].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . Trivialnamen für Mollusken des Meeres und Brackwassers in Deutschland (Polyplacophora, Gastropoda, Bivalvia, Scaphopoda et Cephalopoda). wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [16] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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