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Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 140263

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Littorinoidea (Superfamily) > Littorinidae (Family) > Littorininae (Subfamily) > Littorina (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Littorina Férussac, 1822
Synonymised
taxa
  Litorina arctica Møller, 1842
Litorina ioides Menke, 1845
Litorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Litorina obtusata var. fasciata Menke, 1845
Litorina obtusata var. unicolor Menke, 1845
Litorina obtusata var. zonata Menke, 1845
Littorelaea pultneyii Leach in Gray, 1847
Littorina aestuarii Jeffreys, 1865
Littorina arctica (Møller, 1842)
Littorina arctica var. angulata M. Sars, 1851
Littorina arctica var. eliator M. Sars, 1851
Littorina groenlandica var. laevior Mörch, 1857
Littorina obtusata f. elatiorangulata Middendorff, 1849
Littorina obtusata f. globosa Middendorff, 1849
Littorina obtusata f. magnei Sacchi, 1961
Littorina obtusata f. torquata Sacchi, 1963
Littorina obtusata littoralis var. albescens Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1925
Littorina obtusata littoralis var. alternata Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1915
Littorina obtusata littoralis var. fusca Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1915
Littorina obtusata littoralis var. inversicolor Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1915
Littorina obtusata littoralis var. olivacea Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1915
Littorina obtusata littoralis var. rhabdota Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1915
Littorina obtusata littoralis var. rubens Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1915
Littorina obtusata var. aestuarii Jeffreys, 1869
Littorina obtusata var. aestuarii (Jeffreys, 1869)
Littorina obtusata var. albida Schlesch, 1930
Littorina obtusata var. ambigua Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1915
Littorina obtusata var. arctica (Moller, 1842)
Littorina obtusata var. aurantia Dautzenberg, 1893
Littorina obtusata var. balteata Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1915
Littorina obtusata var. castanea Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1915
Littorina obtusata var. citrina Dautzenberg, 1893
Littorina obtusata var. lineolata Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1915
Littorina obtusata var. lutea Dautzenberg & P. Fischer, 1915
Littorina obtusata var. orana Norman, 1888
Littorina obtusata var. ornata Jeffreys, 1865
Littorina obtusata var. palliata (Say, 1822)
Littorina obtusata var. pulchra Schlesch, 1930
Littorina obtusata var. tessellata Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1915
Littorina obtusata var. virescens Schlesch, 1930
Littorina palliata (Say, 1821)
Littorina palliata var. auricularia Schlesch, 1916
Littorina palliata var. carinata Schlesch, 1916
Littorina preconica S. Smith, 1860
Littorina tenebrosa f. elatiorcrassa Middendorff, 1849
Littorina tenebrosa var. obtusataea Middendorff, 1849
Nerita litoralis Turton, 1819
Turbo neritiformis Brown, 1827
Turbo obtusatus Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
Turbo palliatus Say, 1822
Turbo retusus Lamarck, 1822
Sources  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details]

basis of record: Reid D.G. (1996). Systematics and evolution of Littorina. The Ray Society 463p.  [details]

additional source: Reid, D.G. (1989a) The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 324: 1-110. [details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

basis of record (from synonym): Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

basis of record (from synonym): BODC (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre. [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Danish butspiret strandsnegl  [details]
Dutch stompe alikruik  [details]
English flat periwinkle  [details]
English yellow periwinkle  [details]
French bigorneau jeune  [details]
French bigorneau obtus  [details]
French littorine jaune  [details]
French littorine tronquée  [details]
German stumpfe Strandschnecke  [details]
German stumpfkegelige Uferschnecke  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål buttstrandsnegl  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk buttstrandsnigel  [details]
Spanish bígaro chato  [details]
Swedish trubbig strandsnäcka  [details]
Direct child
taxa

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 Subspecies Littorina obtusata littoralis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Forma Littorina obtusata f. elatiorangulata Middendorff, 1849 accepted as Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Forma Littorina obtusata f. globosa Middendorff, 1849 accepted as Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Forma Littorina obtusata f. magnei Sacchi, 1961 accepted as Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Forma Littorina obtusata f. torquata Sacchi, 1963 accepted as Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Variety Littorina obtusata var. aestuarii Jeffreys, 1869 accepted as Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Variety Littorina obtusata var. aestuarii (Jeffreys, 1869) accepted as Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Variety Littorina obtusata var. albida Schlesch, 1930 accepted as Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Variety Littorina obtusata var. ambigua Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1915 accepted as Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Variety Littorina obtusata var. arctica (Moller, 1842) accepted as Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Variety Littorina obtusata var. aurantia Dautzenberg, 1893 accepted as Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Variety Littorina obtusata var. balteata Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1915 accepted as Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Variety Littorina obtusata var. castanea Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1915 accepted as Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Variety Littorina obtusata var. citrina Dautzenberg, 1893 accepted as Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Variety Littorina obtusata var. lineolata Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1915 accepted as Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Variety Littorina obtusata var. lutea Dautzenberg & P. Fischer, 1915 accepted as Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Variety Littorina obtusata var. orana Norman, 1888 accepted as Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Variety Littorina obtusata var. ornata Jeffreys, 1865 accepted as Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Variety Littorina obtusata var. palliata (Say, 1822) accepted as Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Variety Littorina obtusata var. pulchra Schlesch, 1930 accepted as Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Variety Littorina obtusata var. tessellata Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1915 accepted as Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Variety Littorina obtusata var. virescens Schlesch, 1930 accepted as Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Environment marine
Distribution Baltic sea [details]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
British Isles [details]
Cobscook Bay [details]
Deadmans Harbour [details]
Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
German Bight [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Koksijde [details]
Lepreau [details]
L'Etete [details]
Lorneville Harbour [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Navy Island [details]
New River Beach [details]
North Coast of Norway [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Oostende [details]
Saguenay Fjord [details]
Saint Andrews [details]
Sas van Goes [details]
St. Lawrence Estuary [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Wadden Sea [details]
West Coast of Norway  [details]
Wimereux [details]
Zeeland [details]
Feedingtypes  deposit feeder: subsurface [details]
grazer [details]
Links Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (79 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (209 publications)
To CLEMAM
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (61 nucleotides; 56 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Notes  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]

Habitat: intertidal, bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]

Taxonomy: This Littorina obtusata complex contains L. obtusata, L. mariae and L. palliata Say, 1821 [details]
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140263
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140263 on 2013-06-18
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