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ERMS taxon details

Littorina littorea (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

140262 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140262)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Littorina A. Férussac, 1822

Original name

Turbo littoreus Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Littorina armoricana Locard, 1886 · unaccepted

Littorina litorea [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (of Littorina littorea (Linnaeus,...)

of Littorina littorea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Littorina litorea var. brevicula Jeffreys, 1865 · unaccepted

Littorina parva Teilman-Friis, 1898 · unaccepted

Littorina sphaeroidalis Locard, 1886 · unaccepted

Littorina vulgaris J. Sowerby, 1832 · unaccepted

Turbo littoreus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)

Turbo ustulatus Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Turbo littoreus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 761 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Littorina littorea (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140262 on 2025-04-28

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Littorina littorea (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140262 on 2025-04-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2010-01-07 10:29:10Z

changed

Reid, David G.

2022-09-11 08:02:20Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Turbo littoreus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 761 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Turbo ustulatus Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): 48 [details]

original description (of Littorina vulgaris J. Sowerby, 1832) Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673 [details]

original description (of Littorina litorea var. brevicula Jeffreys, 1865) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). British conchology. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 369 [details]

original description (of Littorina armoricana Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 285, 580 [details]

original description (of Littorina sphaeroidalis Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 285-286, 580 [details]

original description (of Littorina parva Teilman-Friis, 1898) Teilmann-Friis A. (1898). Smaa Bidrag til Artsbestemmelserne indefor Slaegterne Littorina og Hydrobia. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn 1897: 211-215
page(s): 211-213, fig. 1b [details]

context source (Introduced species) Molnar, J.L., R.L. Gamboa, C. Revenga & M.D. Spalding. (2008). Assessing the global threat of invasive species to marine biodiversity. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 6(9): 485-492., available online at https://www.conservationgateway.org/ConservationPractices/Marine/Pages/marineinvasives.aspx [details] Available for editors

context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]

context source (Schelde) van Eck, G. Th. M.; Holzhauer, H. (2007). Monitoring van de effecten van de verruiming 48'/43': MOVE eindrapport 2006 (Rapport 10). Rapport RIKZ = Report RIKZ, 2007.003. RIKZ: Middelburg. 64 pp. (look up in RoR) [details]

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

additional source Reid, D. G. (1989). The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 324: 1-110., available online at https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1989.0040 [details]

additional source Latchford, F. R. (1915). Littorina littorea a fish. The Nautilus. 29(8): 96., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1815895 [details]

additional source Clench, W. J. (1930). Littorina littorea Linn. The Nautilus. 43(3): 105., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515159 [details]

additional source Alexander, R. C. (1947). Littorina littorea on the New Jersey coast. The Nautilus. 60(3): 73-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8523756 [details]

additional source Alexander, R. C. (1947). Littorina littorea in New Jersey. The Nautilus. 61(2): 71., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8284771 [details]

additional source Dexter, R. W. (1961). Early records of Littorina littorea from the coast of Massachusetts. The Nautilus. 74(3): 120-121., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8524001 [details]

additional source Clarke, A. H., Jr. (1963). Supplementary notes on Pre-Colombian Littorina littorea in Nova Scotia. The Nautilus. 77(1): 8-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8520305 [details]

additional source Davis, D. S. (1972). An unusual form of Littorina littorea Linné found in Nova Scotia. The Nautilus. 86(2-4): 87., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8511600 [details]

additional source Woodbridge, R. G., III. (1976). Tentacle-branching in the periwinkle, Littorina littorea. The Nautilus. 90(1): 52-54, figs. 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8276410 [details]

additional source Dudley, R. (1980). Crab-crushing of periwinkle shells, Littorina littorea, from two adjacent geographical provinces. The Nautilus. 94(3): 108-112., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8274614 [details]

biology source Tepolt, C. K. (2014). Adaptation in marine invasion: a genetic perspective. Biological Invasions. 17(3): 887-903., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-014-0825-8
note: Here, I review evidence for adaptation in marine invasion, considering both quantitative and genetic studies. [details] Available for editors

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Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

Language	Name
Dutch	gewone alikruikalikruik	[details]
English	periwinklecommon periwinkle	[details]
French	vignotlittorine communcaracolebigorneau	[details]
German	gemeine Uferschneckegemeine Strandschnecke	[details]