rough periwinkle
Littorina saxatilis
Classification
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Littorinimorpha
- Family
- Littorinidae
Littorina saxatilis, common name the rough periwinkle, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles. First identified in the 1700s, it has been misidentified as a new species 112 times. Distribution This species is native to the shores of the North Atlantic Ocean, including Hudson Bay, Baffin Island, Greenland, and the Barents Sea, south along the American East Coast to Chesapeake Bay, and along the European coast to the Straits of Gibraltar.
Littorina saxatilis, la Littorine des rochers ou Littorine rugueuse, est une espèce de mollusques gastéropodes marins à coquille spiralée de la famille des Littorinidae. Répartition Littorina saxatilis se rencontre dans les eaux tempérées à polaires dans l'Atlantique nord-est, dans l'Arctique, en Méditerranée et dans le Pacifique est. Cette espèce a été introduite en Californie.
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Distribution
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