Littorina obtusata

Littorina obtusata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Littorinidae
Genus:	Littorina
Species:	L. obtusata
Binomial name
*Littorina obtusata* (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms^[1]
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 arctica (Møller, 1842) Littorina arctica var. angulata M. Sars, 1851 Littorina arctica var. eliator M. Sars, 1851 Littorina groenlandica var. laevior Mørch, 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 lutea Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1915 Littorina obtusata var. aestuarii Jeffreys, 1869 Littorina obtusata var. albida Schlesch, 1930 Littorina obtusata var. ambigua Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1915 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. orana Norman, 1888 Littorina obtusata var. ornata Jeffreys, 1865 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 Turbo palliatus Say, 1822 Turbo retusus Lamarck, 1822

Littorina obtusata, common name the flat periwinkle, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs wherever brown seaweeds grow. It is widely distributed: the Baltic Sea, in European waters from Norway down to Southern Spain, in the Mediterranean Sea, in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean along the Gulf of Maine.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 13.5 mm.^[2]

Habitat

This species can be found in the littoral and sublittoral zone on rocky shores and piers, usually on brown algae of the genus Fucus. Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 110 m.^[2] The habitat may define its color. On sheltered shores it has a lighter and uniform color (yellow, brown, orange or olive green). On exposed shores its color is darker and chequered.

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Taxon identifiers

Taxon identifiers
Littorina obtusata	Wikidata: Q1317525 Wikispecies: Littorina obtusata BOLD: 27985 CoL: 3VNQM EoL: 619397 EUNIS: 60263 Fossilworks: 108116 GBIF: 2301066 iNaturalist: 48916 IRMNG: 10233522 ITIS: 70420 NatureServe: 2.808467 NBN: NBNSYS0000176216 NCBI: 31218 OBIS: 140263 SeaLifeBase: 3443 WoRMS: 140263
Turbo obtusatus	Wikidata: Q109555249 CoL: 59N68 GBIF: 4361978 WoRMS: 153539