BeRMS taxon details

Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758)

To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 18420)
To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 18420)

140263 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140263)

accepted
Species
Turbo obtusatus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Turbo obtusatus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 761 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards) Belgian Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/berms./aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140263 on 2026-07-20
VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140263 on 2026-07-20
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gofas, Serge

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original description (of Turbo obtusatus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 761 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record Reid, D. G. (1996). Systematics and evolution of <i>Littorina</i>. <em>The Ray Society.</em> 463p. [details] 

additional source Reid, D. G. (1989). The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.</em> 324: 1-110., available online at https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1989.0040 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Anonymous. (1933). A statistical test of the species concept in <i>Littorina</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 46(3): 106., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519461 [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Danish butspiret strandsnegl  [details]
Dutch stompe alikruik  [details]
English yellow periwinklenorthern yellow periwinkleflat periwinkle  [details]
French littorine tronquéelittorine jaunebigorneau obtusbigorneau jeune  [details]
German stumpfkegelige Uferschneckestumpfe Strandschnecke  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål buttstrandsnegl  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk buttstrandsnigel  [details]
Spanish bígaro chato  [details]
Swedish trubbig strandsnäcka  [details]
Marine Life Information Network - UK 
To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 18420) 
To Barcode of Life (178 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (234 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications) (from synonym Turbo obtusatus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Dyntaxa 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Littorina obtusata) 
To GenBank (318 nucleotides; 324 proteins) 
To GenBank (318 nucleotides; 324 proteins) (from synonym Turbo obtusatus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To Malacopics (Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758) Bailiwick of Guernsey, Alderney, Longis Bay) 
To Malacopics (Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758) Bailiwick of Guernsey, Alderney, Longis Bay) 
To Malacopics (Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758) Bailiwick of Guernsey, Alderney, Longis Bay) 
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To Malacopics (Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758) Bailiwick of Guernsey, Herm, Shell Beach , live... 
To Malacopics (Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758) Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador, Gross Morne) 
To Malacopics (Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758) France, Bretagne, Morbihan, Pointe de Kerpenhir... 
To Malacopics (Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758) Iceland, Norðurland eystra, Kopasker, beached, ... 
To Malacopics (Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758) Netherlands, Westerschelde, De Kaloot) 
To Malacopics (Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus,1758) Norway, Sør-Trøndelag, Trondheimfjord, Hambåra) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1437249) 
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Turbo obtusatus Linnaeus, 1758)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 050994) 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed