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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792) 
AphiaID: 140264

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMollusca (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGastropoda (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaenogastropoda (Subclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorinimorpha (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorinoidea (Superfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorinidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorininae (Subfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina (Genus)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina Férussac, 1822
Synonymised
taxa		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLitorina groenlandica Menke, 1830
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLitorina incarnata Philippi, 1846
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLitorina marmorata L. Pfeiffer, 1839
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLitorina sulcata Menke, 1830
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina castanea Deshayes in Deshayes & Milne Edwards, 1843
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina danieli Locard, 1886
 Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina groenlandica (Menke, 1830)
 Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina neglecta Bean, 1844
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina nervillei Dautzenberg, 1893
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina nervillei var. major Pallary in Seurat, 1924
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina nigrolineata Gray, 1839
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina palliata var. turritella Schlesch, 1916
 Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina rudis (Maton, 1797) (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina rudis f. elatior Middendorff, 1849
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina rudis var. albida Dautzenberg, 1887
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina rudis var. alticola Dacie, 1917
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina rudis var. aurantia Dautzenberg, 1887
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina rudis var. brevis Dautzenberg, 1887
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina rudis var. conoidea Schlesch, 1916
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina rudis var. fasciata Dautzenberg, 1887
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina rudis var. finmarchia Herzenstein, 1885
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina rudis var. globosa Jeffreys, 1865
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina rudis var. globosa Martel, 1901
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina rudis var. laevis Jeffreys, 1865
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina rudis var. major Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina rudis var. rubescens Monterosato, 1878
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina rudis var. scotia S. M. Smith, 1979
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina rudis var. similis Jeffreys, 1865
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina rudis var. sulcata Martel, 1901
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina rudis var. tenebrosapallida L. E. Adams, 1896
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina rudis var. tessellata Dautzenberg, 1893
 Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatile La Roque, 1953
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatile saxatile La Roque, 1953
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis Johnston, 1842
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis f. abbreviata Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis f. conoidea Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis f. elongata Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis f. minor Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis groenlandica (Menke, 1830)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis groenlandica var. sculpta Schlesch, 1931
 Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis jugosa Montagu, 1803
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis jugosa var. bynei Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis jugosa var. tenuis James, 1968
 Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis nigrolineata Gray, 1839
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis rudis (Maton, 1797)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis rudis var. rudissimoides James, 1968
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis scotia Graham, 1988
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis tenebrosa (Montagu, 1803)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis tenebrosa var. biinterrupta Fischer-Piette & Gaillard, 1963
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis tenebrosa var. bizonaria James, 1963
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis tenebrosa var. elata Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis tenebrosa var. maculata Fischer-Piette & Gaillard, 1963
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. clarilineata Fischer-Piette & Gaillard, 1971
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. flammulata Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. fulva Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. fusca Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. gascae Fischer-Piette & Gaillard, 1971
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. groenlandica (Menke, 1830)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. hieroglyphica Fischer-Piette, Gaillard & Jouin, 1961
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. interrupta Fischer-Piette, Gaillard & Jouin, 1961
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. lagunae Barnes, 1993
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. lineata Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. lugubris Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. nigra Fischer-Piette & Gaillard, 1971
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. nojensis Fischer-Piette & Gaillard, 1964
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. rubra Fischer-Piette & Gaillard, 1971
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. rubrolineata Fischer-Piette, Gaillard & Delmas, 1967
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. rudis (Maton, 1797)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. salvati Fischer-Piette, Gaillard & Delmas, 1967
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. sanguinea Coen, 1933
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. sellensis Fischer-Piette & Gaillard, 1964
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. tractibus Fischer-Piette, Gaillard & Jouin, 1961
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. trifasciata Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis zonata Daniel, 1883
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxoides Nardo, 1847
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina simplex Reeve, 1857
 Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina tenebrosa (Montagu, 1803)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina tenebrosa f. elatior Middendorff, 1849
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina tenebrosa var. costulata Middendorff, 1849
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina tenebrosa var. densecostulata Middendorff, 1849
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina tenebrosa var. grisolacteus Middendorff, 1849
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina tenebrosa var. intermedia Forbes & Hanley, 1850
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina tenebrosa var. rubidus Middendorff, 1849
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina tenebrosa var. tessellatus Middendorff, 1849
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina tenebrosa var. zonatus Middendorff, 1849
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina zonaria Bean, 1844
 Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorNerita rustica Nardo, 1847
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTurbo obligatus Say, 1822
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTurbo rudis Maton, 1797
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTurbo rudissimus Johnston, 1842
Sources  original description Olivi, G., 1792. Zoologia Adriatica ossia Catalogo ragionata degli Animali del Golfo e delle Laguna di Venezia; preceduto da una Dissertazione sulla Storia fiscia e naturale del Golfo; e accompagnato da Memorie, ed Osservazioni di Fiscia Storia naturale ed Economia: i-xxxiii, 1-334, Plates 1-9. Bassano. [details]

[show all]
Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Danish Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorungefødende strandsnegl [from synonym]  [details]
Dutch Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorvergeten alikruikUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorvale alikruikUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorruwe alikruikUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorechte ruwe alikruik [from synonym]Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editordonkere alikruikUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorbrakwateralikruik [from synonym]  [details]
English Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorrough periwinkleUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorblack-lined periwinkle  [details]
French Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorlittorine rugueuseUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorlittorine des rochers  [details]
German Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorrauher StrandschneckeUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorkleine Strandschnecke [from synonym]Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editordunkle Strandschnecke  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorsteinsnegl  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorsteinsnigel  [details]
Swedish Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorvivipar strandsnäcka  [details]
All child
taxa
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Forma Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis f. abbreviata Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
Forma Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis f. conoidea Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
Forma Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis f. elongata Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
Forma Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis f. minor Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
Subspecies Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis groenlandica (Menke, 1830) accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
  » Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis groenlandica var. sculpta Schlesch, 1931 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
Subspecies Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis jugosa Montagu, 1803 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
  » Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis jugosa var. bynei Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
» Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis jugosa var. tenuis James, 1968 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
Subspecies Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis nigrolineata Gray, 1839 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
  » Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis nigrolineata var. matoni Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina compressa Jeffreys, 1865
Subspecies Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis patula Thorpe, 1844 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina arcana Hannaford-Ellis, 1978
  » Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis patula var. attenuata Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina arcana Hannaford-Ellis, 1978
Subspecies Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis rudis (Maton, 1797) accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
  » Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis rudis var. jugosoides James, 1968 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina compressa Jeffreys, 1865
» Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis rudis var. rudissimoides James, 1968 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
Subspecies Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis scotia Graham, 1988 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
Subspecies Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis tenebrosa (Montagu, 1803) accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
  » Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis tenebrosa var. biinterrupta Fischer-Piette & Gaillard, 1963 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
» Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis tenebrosa var. bizonaria James, 1963 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
» Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis tenebrosa var. elata Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
» Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis tenebrosa var. maculata Fischer-Piette & Gaillard, 1963 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. cinerea Fischer-Piette & Gaillard, 1971 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina compressa Jeffreys, 1865
Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. clarilineata Fischer-Piette & Gaillard, 1971 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. flammulata Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. fulva Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. fusca Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. gascae Fischer-Piette & Gaillard, 1971 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. groenlandica (Menke, 1830) accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. hieroglyphica Fischer-Piette, Gaillard & Jouin, 1961 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. interrupta Fischer-Piette, Gaillard & Jouin, 1961 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. lagunae Barnes, 1993 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. lineata Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. lugubris Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. miniata Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina compressa Jeffreys, 1865
Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. nigra Fischer-Piette & Gaillard, 1971 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. nojensis Fischer-Piette & Gaillard, 1964 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. rubra Fischer-Piette & Gaillard, 1971 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. rubrolineata Fischer-Piette, Gaillard & Delmas, 1967 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. rudis (Maton, 1797) accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. salvati Fischer-Piette, Gaillard & Delmas, 1967 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. sanguinea Coen, 1933 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. sellensis Fischer-Piette & Gaillard, 1964 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. tractibus Fischer-Piette, Gaillard & Jouin, 1961 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis var. trifasciata Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
Environment marine
Distribution 
From regional or thematic species database
South Africa
Trusted: edited by a thematic editorLangebaan Lagoon [details]
South Atlantic Ocean
Trusted: edited by a thematic editorSaldanha Bay [details]
From other sources
Arctic Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorArctic Ocean [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorCanadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Arctic part] [details]
Baltic Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorBaltic sea [details]
Bay of Fundy
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorCobscook Bay [details]
Belgium
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorBelgian Coast [from synonym] [view taxon]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorOostende [details]
Canada
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorBrandy Cove [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorGreens Point [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorNavy Island [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSaguenay Fjord [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSam Orr Pond [details]
France
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorWimereux (not certain, doubtful record) [details]
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorGulf of St. Lawrence [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSt. Lawrence Estuary [details]
Mediterranean Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMediterranean Sea [details]
Netherlands
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorZeeland [details]
North Atlantic Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorAzores Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorEuropean waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorGulf of Maine [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorIrish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorNorth West Atlantic [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorUnited Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorBelgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorGerman Bight [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorGoote Bank [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorHelgoland [from synonym] [view taxon]
United Kingdom
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorBritish Isles [from synonym] [view taxon]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDorset [details]
Wadden Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorWadden Sea [details]
(no group)
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSwedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Feedingtypes  deposit feeder: subsurface [details]
grazer [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMarine Life Information Network - UK
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Barcode of Life (65 barcodes)
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (75 publications)
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo CLEMAM
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Dyntaxa
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Marine Species Identification Portal
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo PESI
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
Notes 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDimensions maximum size of 6 to 15 mm [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDistribution Arctic seas to Cape May, New Jersey; Arctic seas to Puget sound [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorHabitat supralittoral, intertidal, bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTaxonomy 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]
ImagesChecked: verified by a taxonomic editor 
Littorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)Specimen from Benzú, Ceuta, Strait of Gibraltar (actual size 7.5 mm).
Littorina saxatilis...
Littorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)Specimen from La Cortadura, Cádiz, Spain (actual sizes 6.0 and 5.9 mm)
Littorina saxatilis...

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editor[show all]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140264
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Littorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140264 on 2013-12-04
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