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Littorina
Littorina is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.
These small snails live in the tidal zone of rocky shores.
17 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Common Periwinkle
speciesLittorina littorea
Littorina obtusata
complexLittorina obtusata
Checkered Periwinkle
speciesLittorina scutulata
Rough Periwinkle
speciesLittorina saxatilis
Sitka Periwinkle
speciesLittorina sitkana
Eroded Periwinkle
speciesLittorina keenae
Littorina brevicula
speciesLittorina brevicula
Littorina compressa
speciesLittorina compressa
Littorina plena
speciesLittorina plena
Newcomb's Littorine Snail
speciesLittorina subrotundata
Littorina squalida
speciesLittorina squalida
Littorina mandshurica
speciesLittorina mandshurica
Littorina arcana
speciesLittorina arcana
Littorina natica
speciesLittorina natica
Littorina kasatka
speciesLittorina kasatka
Littorina aleutica
speciesLittorina aleutica
Littorina horikawai
speciesLittorina horikawai
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48919.