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Common Periwinkle

Mollusks

The common periwinkle, or winkle, Littorina littorea, is a species of small whelk or sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc with gills and an operculum in the family Littorinidae. It is a robust intertidal species with shell coloring that ranges from dark to banded, native to the rocky shores of the northeastern Atlantic, including northern Spain, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Scandinavia and Russia, and it has also been introduced to the northwestern Atlantic coast of North America.

Facts
Classification
System (Realm)
Marine 1
Relationship to People
Invasive or Introduced Species 1
Identification
Distinguishing Appearance
Robust intertidal snail with a dark and sometimes banded shell 1
Scientific Name
Littorina littorea 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Gastropoda, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Common Periwinkle
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Belgium, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Canada, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Denmark, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: France, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Ireland, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Netherlands, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: North America, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Norway, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Spain, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Sweden, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: United Kingdom, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: United States, found in there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Common periwinkle
  • Lead, sentence 1
    The common periwinkle or winkle (Littorina littorea)
  • Lead, paragraph 2
    This is a robust intertidal species with a dark and sometimes banded shell.
  • human-interaction (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
    It is native to the rocky shores of the northeastern, and introduced to the northwestern, Atlantic Ocean.
  • system (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
    The common periwinkle or winkle (Littorina littorea) is a species of small whelk or sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc that has gills and an operculum, and is classified within the family Littorinidae, the periwinkles.
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
International Union for Conservation of NatureView the Source
Wikidata: Common Periwinkle
  • Wikidata Q27935, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Child Taxon Of: Gastropoda, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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