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Littorina saxatilis information


Rough periwinkle
A shell of Littorina saxatilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Littorinidae
Genus: Littorina
Species:
L. saxatilis
Binomial name
Littorina saxatilis
(Olivi, 1792)[1]

Littorina saxatilis, common name the rough periwinkle, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles. First identified in the 1700s, it has been misidentified as a new species 112 times.[2]

  1. ^ Olivi G. (1792). Zoologia Adriatica, ossia catalogo ragionato degli animali del golfo e della lagune di Venezia. Bassano, Venecia [ix] + 334 + xxxii pp., 9 pls.
  2. ^ Feltman, Rachel (March 12, 2015). "Nearly 200,000 'new' marine species turn out to be duplicates". The Washington Post.

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