Littorina brevicula

Littorina brevicula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.[1]

Littorina brevicula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Littorinoidea
Family:
Littorinidae
Genus:
Littorina
Species:
L. brevicula
Binomial name
Littorina brevicula
(Philippi, 1844)
Synonyms[1]

Leptothyra sakaensis Yokoyama, 1925
Litorina brevicula (Philippi, 1844)
Litorina brevicula f. depressior Schrenk, 1867
Litorina brevicula f. eliator Schrenk, 1867
Litorina brevicula var. costulata Schrenk, 1867
Litorina brevicula var. laevigata Schrenk, 1867
Littorina balteata Reeve, 1857
Littorina heterospiralis Grabau & King, 1928
Littorina itelmenica Sinelnikova in Gladenkov & Sinelnikova, 1990
Littorina souverbiana Crosse, 1862
Turbo breviculus Philippi, 1847

Description

Distribution

References
  1. Littorina brevicula (Philippi, 1844). Reid, David G. (2010). Littorina brevicula (Philippi, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367853 on 6 June 2010 .


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