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Littorina
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Also known as Chinkongunya

Littorina is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.

Species

littorines

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderLittorinimorpha
  5. FamilyLittorinidae
Habitatmarine, brackish
Observations recorded156,295

У этого термина существуют и другие значения, см. Литторины. Литторины или литорины (лат. Littorina) — род брюхоногих моллюсков из семейства литторин.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
2,122
With media
207
Family
Littorinidae
Collections
SDNHM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, PRI, LACM
Recorded in
United States, Japan, United Kingdom, RéUnion, Saint Helena

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Image
Littorina littorina.jpg
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Commons category
Littorina
taxon name
Littorina
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Littorina
taxonomic type
common periwinkle
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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Overview
  • Distribution
  • Description
  • Species
  • References

Littorina is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.

These small snails live in the tidal zone of rocky shores.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Littorina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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