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

Littorina littorea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

LittorinaFérussac, 1822accepted genus name
Litorina Menke, 1828 synonym

Species group names

Turbo littoreus Linnaeus, 1758 basionym
Littorina litorea [sic] orthographic variant
Littorina armoricana Locard, 1886 synonym
Littorina litorea [sic] synonym
Littorina litorea var. brevicula Jeffreys, 1865 synonym
Littorina parva Teilman-Friis, 1898 synonym
Littorina sphaeroidalis Locard, 1886 synonym
Littorina vulgaris J. Sowerby, 1832 synonym
Turbo littoreus Linnaeus, 1758 synonym
Turbo ustulatus Lamarck, 1822 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Bokmål (Norwegian): storstrandsnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Catalan: caragolí comú
 Danish: stor sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: alikruik; gewone alikruik sources: Oosterbaan, A. (2003). Strandgids: veldgids voor het Noordzeestrand [Beach guide: field guide for the North Sea coast]. EcoMare, centrum voor wadden en Noordzee: Texel, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-75318-15-4. 65 pp.;Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.
 English: common periwinkle; periwinkle sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);Strandvondsten van Gravelines tot Nieuwpoort. Ecogids Tjiftjaf
 English-United States: Common Periwinkle sources: Charles Hussey
 Finnish: rantakotilo
 French: bigorneau; caracole; littorine commun; littorine commune d'Europe; vignot sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.;Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.;Chabot, R. & Rossignol, A. 2003. Algues et faune du littoral du Saint-Laurent maritime: Guide d'identification. Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski, Rimouski; Pêches et Océans Canada (Institut Maurice-Lamontagne), Mont-Joli. 113 pages.
 German: gemeine Strandschnecke; gemeine Uferschnecke sources: Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp.
 Italian: littorina comune
 Norwegian: storstrandsnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: storstrandsnegl sources: Systema Naturae ed. 10:
 Norwegian Nynorsk: storstrandsnigel sources: Systema Naturae ed. 10:
 Nynorsk (Norwegian): storstrandsnigel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Portuguese: caramujo
 Scottish: faocha
 Spanish, Castillian: bigaro; bígaro sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.
 Swedish: vanlig strandsnäcka

Literature

original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.

basis of record

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

additional source

Reid, D.G. (1989a) The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 324: 1-110.

additional source

Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

Genbank

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Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (395 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (649 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GenBank (1246 nucleotides; 1144 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Reid, David G.; Gofas, S. (2014). Littorina littorea (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140262

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Occurrence

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Environment


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Importance

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2010-01-07 by David G. Reid

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