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CaRMS taxon detailsLittorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758)
140263 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140263)
accepted
Species
marine
(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 761 [details] Available for editors 
Distribution Range: 74°N to 39°N; 74°W to 0°W. Distribution: Greenland; Greenland: West Greenland; Canada; Canada: Labrador, Quebec, New...
Distribution Range: 74°N to 39°N; 74°W to 0°W. Distribution: Greenland; Greenland: West Greenland; Canada; Canada: Labrador, Quebec, New Brunswick; USA: Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2021) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/carms./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140263 on 2026-06-17
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140263 on 2026-06-17
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(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 761 [details] Available for editors basis of record Reid, D. G. (1996). Systematics and evolution of <i>Littorina</i>. <em>The Ray Society.</em> 463p. [details] additional source Reid, D. G. (1989). The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.</em> 324: 1-110., available online at https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1989.0040 [details] Available for editors additional source Anonymous. (1933). A statistical test of the species concept in <i>Littorina</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 46(3): 106., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519461 [details]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Dimensions maximum size of 15 mm [details]Distribution Range: 74°N to 39°N; 74°W to 0°W. Distribution: Greenland; Greenland: West Greenland; Canada; Canada: Labrador, Quebec, New Brunswick; USA: Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey [details]
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 18420) To Barcode of Life (178 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (234 publications) To Dyntaxa To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Littorina obtusata) To GenBank (318 nucleotides; 324 proteins) To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) To Malacopics (Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758) Bailiwick of Guernsey, Alderney, Longis Bay) To Malacopics (Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758) Bailiwick of Guernsey, Alderney, Longis Bay) To Malacopics (Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758) Bailiwick of Guernsey, Alderney, Longis Bay) To Malacopics (Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758) Bailiwick of Guernsey, Alderney, Longis Bay, li... To Malacopics (Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758) Bailiwick of Guernsey, Herm, Shell Beach , live... To Malacopics (Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758) Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador, Gross Morne) To Malacopics (Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758) France, Bretagne, Morbihan, Pointe de Kerpenhir... To Malacopics (Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758) Iceland, Norðurland eystra, Kopasker, beached, ... To Malacopics (Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758) Netherlands, Westerschelde, De Kaloot) To Malacopics (Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus,1758) Norway, Sør-Trøndelag, Trondheimfjord, Hambåra) To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1437249) To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 050994) To ITIS From editor or global species database
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