Biology:Littorina obtusata
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| Littorina obtusata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Littorinidae |
| Genus: | Littorina |
| Species: | L. obtusata
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| Binomial name | |
| Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Litorina arctica Møller, 1842 | |
Littorina obtusata, common name the flat periwinkle, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.[1]
Distribution
This marine species occurs wherever brown seaweeds grow. It is widely distributed: the Baltic Sea, in European waters from Norway down to Southern Spain , in the Mediterranean Sea, in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean along the Gulf of Maine.
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 13.5 mm.[2]
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Habitat
This species can be found in the littoral and sublittoral zone on rocky shores and piers, usually on brown algae of the genus Fucus. Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 110 m.[2] The habitat may define its color. On sheltered shores it has a lighter and uniform color (yellow, brown, orange or olive green). On exposed shores its color is darker and chequered.
References
- Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758). Gofas, S. (2010). Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758). 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=140263 on 6 June 2010 .
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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.
- Bibliography
- Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp
- Reid, D.G. (1989a) The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 324: 1–110
- Reid D.G. (1996). Systematics and evolution of Littorina. The Ray Society 463p
- BODC (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre
External links
- "Littorina (Littorina) obtusata obtusata" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/7/Shell_5887.shtml.
- Photos of Littorina obtusata on Sealife Collection
Wikidata ☰ Q1317525 entry
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