Littorina
Littorina is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.
| Littorina | |
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| Two shells of the Common periwinkle, Littorina littorea | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Littorinidae |
| Subfamily: | Littorininae |
| Genus: | Littorina Férussac, 1822 |
| Type species | |
| Turbo littoreus | |
| Species | |
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These small snails live in the tidal zone of rocky shores.
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