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Littorina  Ferussac, 1822
Taxonomic Serial No.: 70395

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Littorivaga Dall, 1918
  
    Neritoides T. Brown, 1827
  
    Litorina Menke, 1828
  
    Litormia Moerch, 1849
  
    Neritrema Recluz, 1869
  
    Litonia Weinkauff, 1878
  
    Isonema Hall, 1891
  
    Algaroda Dall, 1918
  
    Littorivage Dall, 1918
  
    Neritotrema Wenz, 1939
  
    Ezolittorina Habe, 1958
  
    Melarhaphe Menke, 1828
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 1999   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassGastropoda Cuvier, 1797 – gastropods, slugs, snails, escargots, gastéropodes, limaces, caracol, caramujo, lesma  
                   SubclassOrthogastropoda   
                      InfraclassCaenogastropoda   
                         OrderLittorinida   
                            SuborderLittorinina   
                               SuperfamilyLittorinoidea Children, 1834  
                                  FamilyLittorinidae Children, 1834  
                                     GenusLittorina Ferussac, 1822  
    Direct Children:  
                                        SpeciesLittorina albicarinata Mclean, 1970  
                                        SpeciesLittorina aleutica Dall, 1872  
                                        SpeciesLittorina angulifera (Lamarck, 1822) – mangrove periwinkle 
                                        SpeciesLittorina angustior (Morch, 1876) – slender periwinkle 
                                        SpeciesLittorina arcana Ellis, 1978  
                                        SpeciesLittorina aspera Philippi, 1846  
                                        SpeciesLittorina atkana   
                                        SpeciesLittorina fasciata Gray, 1839  
                                        SpeciesLittorina flava King and Broderip, 1832  
                                        SpeciesLittorina irrorata (Say, 1822) – marsh periwinkle 
                                        SpeciesLittorina keenae Rosewater, 1978 – eroded periwinkle 
                                        SpeciesLittorina lineolata D'Orbigny, 1840 – lineolate periwinkle 
                                        SpeciesLittorina littorea (Linnaeus, 1758) – common periwinkle 
                                        SpeciesLittorina mariae Sacchi and Rastelli, 1966  
                                        SpeciesLittorina meleagris (Potiez and Michaud, 1838) – white-spot periwinkle 
                                        SpeciesLittorina mespillum (Muhlfeld, 1824) – brown periwinkle 
                                        SpeciesLittorina modesta Philippi, 1846  
                                        SpeciesLittorina nebulosa (Lamarck, 1822) – cloudy periwinkle 
                                        SpeciesLittorina neglecta Bean, 1844 – obscure periwinkle 
                                        SpeciesLittorina neritoides   
                                        SpeciesLittorina nigrolineata J. E. Gray, 1839  
                                        SpeciesLittorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758) – yellow periwinkle 
                                        SpeciesLittorina pintado   
                                        SpeciesLittorina planaxis Philippi, 1847  
                                        SpeciesLittorina plena Gould, 1849  
                                        SpeciesLittorina pullata Carpenter, 1864  
                                        SpeciesLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792) – rough periwinkle 
                                        SpeciesLittorina scabra (Linnaeus, 1758)  
                                        SpeciesLittorina scutulata Gould, 1849 – checkered periwinkle 
                                        SpeciesLittorina sitkana Philippi, 1846 – Sitka periwinkle 
                                        SpeciesLittorina squalida Broderip and G. B. Sowerby I, 1829  
                                        SpeciesLittorina striata (Vallot, 1801)  
                                        SpeciesLittorina subrotundata (Carpenter, 1864)  
                                        SpeciesLittorina zebra   
                                        SpeciesLittorina ziczac (Gmelin, 1791) – zebra periwinkle 
       

 References
       
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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Littorina   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al.   
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26   
  Page(s): 526   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-01-8, 0097-0638  
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  Reference for: Littorina   
       

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