Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Littorinoidea > Family Littorinidae > Subfamily Littorininae > Genus Littorina

Littorina fabalis (W. Turton, 1825)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Littorina*	A. Férussac, 1822	accepted genus name
*Litorina*	[sic]	synonym

Species group names

*Litorina arctica var. retusa*	Møller, 1842	synonym
*Litorina limata*	Lovén, 1846	synonym
*Litorina vittata*	R. A. Philippi, 1848	synonym
*Littorina beanii*	MacGillivray, 1843	synonym
*Littorina mariae*	Sacchi & Rastelli, 1966	synonym
*Littorina mariae beeensis*	S. M. Smith, 1980	synonym
*Littorina obtusata var. compacta*	Jeffreys, 1865	synonym
*Littorina obtusata var. picta*	Menke, 1845	synonym
*Turbo expansus*	T. Brown, 1839	synonym
*Turbo fabalis*	W. Turton, 1825	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: vlakke alikruik sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: flat periwinkle sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: Flache Strandschnecke

Literature

basis of record	Reid, D. G. (1996). Systematics and evolution of Littorina. The Ray Society. 463p.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Littorina fabalis (W. Turton, 1825). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140261