Littorina littorea

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Family Littorinidae

Height commonly exceeding 5 mm, and in some species slightly exceeding 1.5 cm; operculum horny ; periostracum not uniformly tan or brown (Almagorda subrotundata is brown, but usually has spiral banding ) (mostly at higher tide levels on rocly shores , or on rocks, concrete and wood in bays , sometimes in salt marshes).

Habitat

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of -24 meters (-79 feet).[1]

Biome: Coastal.

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

Members of the genus Littorina

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 15 species and subspecies in this genus:

L. angulifera (Mangrove Periwinkle) · L. angustior (Slender Periwinkle) · L. irrorata (Marsh Periwinkle) · L. keenae (Eroded Periwinkle) · L. lineolata (Lineolate Periwinkle) · L. littorea (Common Periwinkle) · L. meleagris (White-Spot Periwinkle) · L. mespillum (Brown Periwinkle) · L. nebulosa (Cloudy Periwinkle) · L. neglecta (Obscure Periwinkle) · L. obtusata (Yellow Periwinkle) · L. saxatilis (Rough Periwinkle) · L. scutulata (Checkered Periwinkle) · L. sitkana (Sitka Periwinkle) · L. ziczac (Zebra Periwinkle)

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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 17, 2007:

• Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Bay of Fundy Species List
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Biogeography Scheldt Estuary
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, EPA'S EMAP Database
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Historical quantitative benthos grab samples from the Southern Baltic Sea
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Histroical benthic dredge samples from the southern baltic and the North Sea
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• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
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• NLBIF, Limnodata
• The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility, Niv
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Bugs
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Invertebrates
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland - Mollusc
• data for Great Britain and Ireland
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Marine Biological Association - Marine Life Survey Data
• collated by MarLIN
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Marine Biological Association - Marine survey data
• held by MarLIN.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2683240
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-70419
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2279155
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 70419
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 506437

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 636.150 based on 4,177 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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