Type locality contained in Italian part of the Adriatic Sea
type locality contained in Italian part of the Adriatic Sea (origin: origin uncertain) [details]
Distribution Arctic seas to Cape May, New Jersey; Arctic seas to Puget sound
Distribution Arctic seas to Cape May, New Jersey; Arctic seas to Puget sound [details]
Taxonomy The Littorina saxatilis complex has a great variability; the nomenclature and the systematics are very controversial. ...
Taxonomy The Littorina saxatilis complex has a great variability; the nomenclature and the systematics are very controversial. L. rudis is a junior synonym of Littorina saxatilis according to Raffaelli (1982). L. tenebrosa is a brackish form of Littorina saxatilis according to Janson & Ward (1985) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Littorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140264 on 2025-07-15
original description(ofLittorina saxoides Nardo, 1847)Nardo, G.D. (1847). Prospetto della fauna marina volgare del Veneto estuario con cenni sulle principali specie commestibili dell'Adriatico, sulle venete pesche, sulle valli, ecc. Pp. 113-156 (1-45 in reprint). <em>In: Venezia e le sue Lagune. Volume Secundo. G. Antonelli: Venezia.</em> [According to Carlo Froglia, the Prospetto and the Sinonimia were published simultaneously; the Sinonimia is here considered to have priority.]., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53300268[details]
original description(ofTurbo obligatus Say, 1822)Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 2(1): 221-248; 2(2): 257-276, 302-325., available online athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831411 page(s): 241 [details]
original description(ofTurbo rudis Maton, 1797)Maton W.G. (1797). Observations relative chiefly to the natural history, picturesque scenery, and antiqui-ties of the Western Counties of England, made in the years 1794 and 1796. <em>Salisbury: J. Easton.</em> 1: xi+1-336. page(s): 277 [details]
original description(ofLitorina groenlandica Menke, 1830)Menke, K. T. (1830). <i>Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus</i>. Ed. 2, auctior et emendatior. Georg Uslar, Pyrmont. xvi + 168 [+ 1, errata] pp. , available online athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107961 page(s): 45 [details]
original description(ofLitorina sulcata Menke, 1830)Menke, K. T. (1830). <i>Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus</i>. Ed. 2, auctior et emendatior. Georg Uslar, Pyrmont. xvi + 168 [+ 1, errata] pp. , available online athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107961 page(s): 45 [details]
original description(ofLittorina nigrolineata Gray, 1839)Gray, J. E. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1839). Molluscous animals and their shells. Pp. 103-155, pls 33-34 [pp. 103-142 by J. E. Gray, 143-155 by G. B. Sowerby I]. In: <i>The zoology of Capt. Beechey's voyage, compiled from the collections on notes made by Captain Beechey, the officers and naturalist of the expedition during a voyage to the Pacific and Behring's straits in his Majesty's ship Blossom, under the command of Captain F. W. Beechey in the years 1825, 26, 27 and 28.</i> London pp. XII + 186 + 44 pl. , available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48931613 page(s): 140 [details]
original description(ofLittorina saxatilis G. Johnston, 1842)Johnston, G. (1842). A descriptive catalogue of the gasteropodous Mollusca of Berwickshire. Part II. <em>History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club.</em> 1: 263-276.[details]
original description(ofLittorina simplex Reeve, 1857)Reeve, L. A. (1857-1858). Monograph of the genus <i>Littorina</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 10, pls. 1-18 and unpaginated text. Reeve, London. [Stated dates: pls. 1-8, May 1857; 9-16, Jun. 1857; 17, 18 Oct. 1858]. , available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9127290[details]
original description(ofLittorina saxatilis var. zonata Daniel, 1883)Daniel, F. (1883). Faune malacologique terrestre, fluviatile et marine des environs de Brest (Finistere). <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 31: 330-391.[details]
original description(ofLittorina rudis var. finmarchia Herzenstein, 1885)Herzenstein S. (1885). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Fauna der Murmanküste und des Weissen Meeres. <i>** Materialy faune Murmanskago berega Belago morja 1</i>: 635-814[details]
original description(ofLittorina nervillei Dautzenberg, 1893)Dautzenberg, Ph. (1893). Description d'une nouvelle espèce du genre Littorina provenant des côtes de la Tunisie. <em>J. conchyliol.</em> XLI: 35-36, plate I. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 35-36; pl. 1 fig. 4, 4a, 4b [details]
original description(ofLittorina rudis var. sulcata Martel, 1901)Martel, H. (1901). Liste des coquilles marines, terrestres & d'eau douce recueilles aux environs de Cancale. Premiere parti - coquilles marines (suite). <em>La Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes.</em> 31: 109-114; 221-222.[details]
original description(ofLittorina rudis var. globosa Martel, 1901)Martel, H. (1901). Liste des coquilles marines, terrestres & d'eau douce recueilles aux environs de Cancale. Premiere parti - coquilles marines (suite). <em>La Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes.</em> 31: 109-114; 221-222.[details]
original description(ofLittorina rudis var. conoidea Schlesch, 1916)Schlesch, H. (1916). Faunula Littorinidae Islandiae Borealis. <em>The Naturalist. A Monthly Journal of Natural History for the North of England.</em> 1916: 279-280.[details]
original description(ofLittorina palliata var. turritella Schlesch, 1916)Schlesch, H. (1916). Faunula Littorinidae Islandiae Borealis. <em>The Naturalist. A Monthly Journal of Natural History for the North of England.</em> 1916: 279-280.[details]
original description(ofLittorina saxatilis var. sanguinea Coen, 1933)Coen, G. (1933). Saggio di una Sylloge Molluscorum Adriaticorum. <em>Memorie del Regio Comitato Talassografico Italiano.</em> 192: i-vii, 1-186, pl. 1-10. page(s): 30 [details]
original description(ofLittorina saxatilis var. interrupta Fischer-Piette, Gaillard & Jouin, 1961)Fischer-Piette, E. & Gaillard, J. M. & Jouin, C. (1961). Etudes sure les variations de Littorina saxatilis IV. - comparaison de les points battus, au long des cotes europeenes. A. Cotes iberiques. <em>Bulletin de la Societe Zoologique de France.</em> 86: 320-328.[details]
original description(ofLittorina saxatilis var. tractibus Fischer-Piette, Gaillard & Jouin, 1961)Fischer-Piette, E. & Gaillard, J. M. & Jouin, C. (1961). Etudes sure les variations de Littorina saxatilis IV. - comparaison de les points battus, au long des cotes europeenes. A. Cotes iberiques. <em>Bulletin de la Societe Zoologique de France.</em> 86: 320-328.[details]
original description(ofLittorina saxatilis var. hieroglyphica Fischer-Piette, Gaillard & Jouin, 1961)Fischer-Piette, E. & Gaillard, J. M. & Jouin, C. (1961). Etudes sure les variations de Littorina saxatilis IV. - comparaison de les points battus, au long des cotes europeenes. A. Cotes iberiques. <em>Bulletin de la Societe Zoologique de France.</em> 86: 320-328.[details]
original description(ofLittorina saxatilis var. nojensis Fischer-Piette & Gaillard, 1964)Fischer, E., Gaillard, J. M. & James, B. L. (1964). Etudes sur les variations de Littorina saxatilis, VI. Quelques cas qui posent de difficiles problemes. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 5: 125-171.[details]
original description(ofLittorina saxatilis var. sellensis Fischer-Piette & Gaillard, 1964)Fischer, E., Gaillard, J. M. & James, B. L. (1964). Etudes sur les variations de Littorina saxatilis, VI. Quelques cas qui posent de difficiles problemes. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 5: 125-171.[details]
original description(ofLittorina saxatilis var. salvati Fischer-Piette, Gaillard & Delmas, 1967)Fischer-Piette, E. & Gaillard, J. M. & Delmas, D. (1967). Sur les variations de Littorina saxatilis. 8. Les populations de la Ria de Camarinas. <em>Bulletin de la Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 38: 874-897.[details]
original description(ofLittorina saxatilis jugosa var. tenuis James, 1968)James, B. L. (1968). The characters and distribution of the subspecies and varieties of Littorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792) in Britain. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 9: 143-165.[details]
original description(ofLittorina saxatilis rudis var. rudissimoides James, 1968)James, B. L. (1968). The characters and distribution of the subspecies and varieties of Littorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792) in Britain. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 9: 143-165.[details]
original description(ofLittorina saxatilis var. rubra Fischer-Piette & Gaillard, 1971)Fischer-Piette, E. & Gaillard, J. M. (1971). La variabilite (morphologique et physiologique) des Littorina saxatilis (Olivi) Iberiques et ses rapports avec l'ecologie. <em>Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. A. Zoologie.</em> 70: 1-90.[details]
original description(ofLittorina saxatilis var. gascae Fischer-Piette & Gaillard, 1971)Fischer-Piette, E. & Gaillard, J. M. (1971). La variabilite (morphologique et physiologique) des Littorina saxatilis (Olivi) Iberiques et ses rapports avec l'ecologie. <em>Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. A. Zoologie.</em> 70: 1-90.[details]
original description(ofLittorina saxatilis var. clarilineata Fischer-Piette & Gaillard, 1971)Fischer-Piette, E. & Gaillard, J. M. (1971). La variabilite (morphologique et physiologique) des Littorina saxatilis (Olivi) Iberiques et ses rapports avec l'ecologie. <em>Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. A. Zoologie.</em> 70: 1-90.[details]
original description(ofLittorina saxatilis var. nigra Fischer-Piette & Gaillard, 1971)Fischer-Piette, E. & Gaillard, J. M. (1971). La variabilite (morphologique et physiologique) des Littorina saxatilis (Olivi) Iberiques et ses rapports avec l'ecologie. <em>Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. A. Zoologie.</em> 70: 1-90.[details]
original description(ofLittorina rudis var. scotia S. M. Smith, 1979)Smith, S. M. (1979). Littorina rudis var. scotia and its adaptation to the extreme environment of Rockell (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>Porcupine Newsletter.</em> 1: 138-139.[details]
original description(ofLittorina saxatilis var. lagunae Barnes, 1993)Barnes, R. S. K. (1993). On the nature of the coastal lagoon winkles attributed to Littorina tenebrosa and Littorina saxatilis. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 34: 477-495.[details]
original description(ofLittorina saxatilis scotia Graham, 1988)Graham, A. (1988) Molluscs: prosobranch and pyramidellid gastropods. In Kermack, D.M. & Barnes, R.S.K. (Eds.) Synopsis of the British Fauna (New Series). No. 2 (Second Edition). E.J. Brill/Dr. W. Backhuys for the Linnean Society of London and the Estuarin (look up in IMIS) page(s): 178 [details]
original description(ofNerita rustica Nardo, 1847)Nardo, G.D. (1847). Prospetto della fauna marina volgare del Veneto estuario con cenni sulle principali specie commestibili dell'Adriatico, sulle venete pesche, sulle valli, ecc. Pp. 113-156 (1-45 in reprint). <em>In: Venezia e le sue Lagune. Volume Secundo. G. Antonelli: Venezia.</em> [According to Carlo Froglia, the Prospetto and the Sinonimia were published simultaneously; the Sinonimia is here considered to have priority.]., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53300268[details]
original description(ofTurbo albocinctus Link, 1807)Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben. 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237 page(s): 134 [details]
original description(ofTurbo davidis Röding, 1798)Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 page(s): 88 [details]
original description(ofTurbo diminutus Link, 1807)Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben. 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237 page(s): 134 [details]
original description(ofTurbo groenlandicus Röding, 1798)Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 page(s): vol. 2, p. 88 [details]
original description(ofLittorina patula Thorpe, 1844)Thorpe C. (1844). <i>British marine conchology; Being a descriptive catalogue, arranged according to the Lamarckian system, of the salt water shells of Great Britain</i>. London: Edward Lumley. l + 267 pp. , available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11639230 page(s): 259; fig. 7 [details]
original description(ofTurbo jugosus Montagu, 1803)Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online athttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694 page(s): 586-588, pl. 20, fig. 7 [details]
original description(ofTurbo saxatilis Olivi, 1792)Olivi, G. (1792). Zoologia Adriatica, ossia catalogo ragionato degli animali del golfo e della lagune di Venezia. Bassano [G. Remondini e fl.]. [ix] + 334 + xxxii pp., 9 pls., available online athttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/123881 page(s): 172; pl. 5 fig. 3 a-c [details]
original description(ofTurbo tenebrosus Montagu, 1803)Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online athttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694 page(s): 303-304, pl. 20, fig. 4 [details]
original description(ofTurbo vestita Say, 1822)Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 2(1): 221-248; 2(2): 257-276, 302-325., available online athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831411 page(s): 241 [details]
basis of recordReid, D. G. (1996). Systematics and evolution of <i>Littorina</i>. <em>The Ray Society.</em> 463p.[details]
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context source (Introduced species)Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online athttp://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu[details] Available for editors [request]
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). <em>Rapport RIKZ = Report RIKZ, 2007.003. RIKZ: Middelburg.</em> 64 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional sourceZenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online athttps://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87[details]
additional sourceJanson K. 1985. A morphologic and genetic analysis of <i>Littorina saxatilis</i> (Prosobranchia) from Venice, and on the problem of <i>saxatilis-rudis</i> nomenclature. <i>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society</i>, 24(1): 51-59.[details]
additional sourceMarchini, A., J. Ferrario, A. Sfriso & A. Occhipinti-Ambrogi. (2015). Current status and trends of biological invasions in the Lagoon of Venice, a hotspot of marine NIS introductions in the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 17:2943–2962., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-015-0922-3[details] Available for editors [request]
biology sourceTepolt, C. K. (2014). Adaptation in marine invasion: a genetic perspective. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 17(3): 887-903., available online athttps://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 [request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal in Italian part of the Adriatic Sea (Marine Region) : Shipping [details]
Unreviewed
Dimensions maximum size of 6 to 15 mm [details] Distribution Arctic seas to Cape May, New Jersey; Arctic seas to Puget sound [details] Habitat supralittoral, intertidal, bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details] Taxonomy The Littorina saxatilis complex has a great variability; the nomenclature and the systematics are very controversial. L. rudis is a junior synonym of Littorina saxatilis according to Raffaelli (1982). L. tenebrosa is a brackish form of Littorina saxatilis according to Janson & Ward (1985) [details]
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Turbo vestita. Say, 1822. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2 (2): 241-242 - catalog no. 18403)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Turbo obligatus. Say, 1822. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2 (2): 241 - catalog no. 18387)