Common periwinkle

Common periwinkle
Periwinkle emerging from its shell, Sweden
L. littorea on the edge of a small sandy beach in Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Littorinidae
Genus: Littorina
Species:
L. littorea
Binomial name
Littorina littorea
Synonyms[2]
  • Littorina armoricana Locard, 1886
  • Littorina bartonensis Brown, 1843
  • Littorina communis Brown, 1843
  • Littorina litorea (Turton, 1819)
  • Littorina litorea var. brevicula Jeffreys, 1865
  • Littorina litorea var. paupercula Jeffreys, 1865
  • Littorina litorea var. sinistrorsa Jeffreys, 1865
  • Littorina litorea var. turrita Jeffreys, 1865
  • Littorina littorea f. intermedia Brøgger, 1901
  • Littorina littorea var. angulata Harmer, 1920
  • Littorina littorea var. antiqua Wood, 1848
  • Littorina littorea var. balteata Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1912
  • Littorina littorea var. complanata Harmer, 1920
  • Littorina littorea var. conica Harmer, 1920
  • Littorina littorea var. deformis Wood, 1848
  • Littorina littorea var. delphinula Wood, 1848
  • Littorina littorea var. distorta Harmer, 1920
  • Littorina littorea var. elegans Wood, 1848
  • Littorina littorea var. fuscofasciatus Middendorff, 1849
  • Littorina littorea var. major Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1913
  • Littorina littorea var. miniata Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1900
  • Littorina littorea var. pallida Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1900
  • Littorina littorea var. pallidefasciatus Middendorff, 1849
  • Littorina littorea var. parva Harmer, 1920
  • Littorina littorea var. picta Wood, 1848
  • Littorina littorea var. pyramidata Wood, 1848
  • Littorina littorea var. sanguinea Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906
  • Littorina littorea var. truncata Harmer, 1920
  • Littorina littorea var. unicarinata Raeymaekers, 1889
  • Littorina parva Teilman-Friis, 1898
  • Littorina rudis var. aurantia Dautzenberg & P. Fischer, 1925
  • Littorina rudis var. reevei Harmer, 1921
  • Littorina sphaeroidalis Locard, 1886
  • Littorina vulgaris J. Sowerby, 1832
  • Turbo bicarinatus Woodward, 1833
  • Turbo carinatus Woodward, 1833
  • Turbo elongatus Woodward, 1833
  • Turbo litoreus Turton, 1819
  • Turbo littoreus Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym)
  • Turbo sulcatus Woodward, 1833
  • Turbo ustulatus Lamarck, 1822
  • Turbo ventricosus Woodward, 1833

The common periwinkle or winkle (Littorina littorea) is a species of small edible whelk or sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc that has gills and an operculum, and is classified within the family Littorinidae, the periwinkles.[2]

This is a robust intertidal species with a dark and sometimes banded shell. It is native to the rocky shores of the northeastern, and introduced to the northwestern, Atlantic Ocean.

  1. ^ Linnaeus C. (1758). Systema naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. pp. [1–4], 1–824. Holmiae. (Salvius).
  2. ^ a b Vinarski, Maxim (2022). "Littorina littorea (Linnaeus, 1758)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-05-16.