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Littorina fabalis

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Littorina fabalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Littorinidae
Genus: Littorina
Species:
L. fabalis
Binomial name
Littorina fabalis
(Turton, 1825)
Synonyms[1]

Litorina arctica var. retusa Møller, 1842
Litorina limata Lovén, 1846
Litorina vittata Philippi, 1848
Littorina beanii MacGillivray, 1843
Littorina bizonalis Récluz, 1869
Littorina fabula Kobelt, 1907
Littorina mariae Sacchi & Rastelli, 1966
Littorina mariae beeensis S.M. Smith in Fretter & Graham, 1980
Littorina obtusata littoralis var. inversicolorreticulata Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1915
Littorina obtusata littoralis var. minima Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1915
Littorina obtusata littoralis var. pachychila Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1915
Littorina obtusata littoralis var. reticulata Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1915
Littorina obtusata littoralis var. ziczac Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1915
Littorina vadorum Sacchi, 1954
Turbo expansus Brown in J. Smith, 1839
Turbo fabalis Turton, 1825

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

Description

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The maximum recorded shell length is 1.8 cm.[2] L. fabalis can be dark or light green, yellow, orange, brown or black. The lighter colours are more frequently found on sheltered shores, and the brown morph on exposed shores.[3]

Distribution

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L. fabalis is distributed on British, Irish, and North Sea coasts, and southwards into the western Mediterranean.

Habitat

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This species can be found on seaweeds like Fucus vesiculosus and Ascophyllum nodosum.[3] The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; maximum recorded depth is 0 m.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Littorina fabalis (Turton, 1825). WoRMS (2010). Littorina fabalis (Turton, 1825). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140261 on 6 June 2010 .
  2. ^ a b Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
  3. ^ a b Hayward, Peter J.; Ryland, John S. (2017). Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe (2nd ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780192516459. OCLC 973882704.