Littorina
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Not to be confused with the Italian city of Latina (originally Littoria).
Littorina is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.[2]
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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[1] |
Type species | |
Turbo littoreus | |
Species | |
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These small snails live in the tidal zone of rocky shores.