Littorina littorea Common Shore Periwinkle, Shore Periwinkle, Edible Periwinkle

Littorina littorea is commonly referred to as Common Shore Periwinkle, Shore Periwinkle, Edible Periwinkle. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

3315 

AphiaID:

140262 

Scientific:

Littorina littorea 

German:

Gemeine Strandschnecke, Gemeine Uferschnecke, Spitze Strandschnecke 

English:

Common Shore Periwinkle, Shore Periwinkle, Edible Periwinkle 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Littorinidae (Family) > Littorina (Genus) > littorea (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, Canada Eastern Pacific, East cost of USA, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Gulf of Maine, Scandinavia, the British Isles, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Sea depth:

0 - 60 Meter 

Size:

up to 1.97" (5 cm) 

Temperature:

51.8 °F - 86 °F (11°C - 30°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore) 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Littorina aleutica
• Littorina arcana
• Littorina brevicula
• Littorina compressa
• 
  Littorina fabalis
  Flache Strandschnecke
• Littorina horikawai
• Littorina kasatka
• 
  Littorina keenae
  Graue Strandschnecke, Erodierte Strandschnecke
• 
  Littorina littorea
  Gemeine Strandschnecke, Gemeine Uferschnecke, Spitze Strandschnecke
• Littorina mandshurica
• Littorina natica
• 
  Littorina obtusata
  Flache Strandschnecke, Stumpfe Strandschnecke, Stumpfkegelige Uferschnecke
• Littorina plena
• 
  Littorina saxatilis
  Kleine Strandschnecke, Spitze Strandschnecke, Raue Strandschnecke, Dunkle Strandschnecke
• 
  Littorina scutulata
  Karrierte Strandschnecke
• Littorina sitkana
• Littorina squalida
• Littorina subrotundata
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2010-08-30 16:57:32 

Last edit:

2022-09-01 19:43:05 

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