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Littorina (periwinkles)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #macrophotos
Littorina Egg mass 6 May 2008 Dorset England 7

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos
Species Littorina littoralis (L.) (Flat Periwinkle) 4  
Species Littorina littorea (L.) (Common Or Edible Periwinkle Or Winkle) 10  
Species Littorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792) (Rough Periwinkle)    
Subspecies Littorina saxatilis ssp. jugosa (Montagu, 1803) (a rough periwinkle) 4 8

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

James, B.L., 1968 The Distribution and Keys to Species in the Family Littorinidae and of their Digenean Parasites in the Region of Dale, Pembrokeshire

Littorina may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
MOLLUSCA
(slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
GASTROPODA
(slugs and snails)
PROSOBRANCHIA
(operculate mollusc)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Littorina:

Littorina may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
MOLLUSCA
(slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
GASTROPODA
(slugs and snails)

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