Littorina fabalis

Littorina fabalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Littorinoidea
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

The maximum recorded shell length is 1,8 cm.^[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 0 m.^[2]

References

1. 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. 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.

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