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Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758)

To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 18420)
To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 18420)

140263 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140263)

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(of Turbo obtusatus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 761 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140263 on 2026-08-06
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=140263 on 2026-08-06
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original description (of Turbo obtusatus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 761 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

original description (of Turbo retusus Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): 48-49 [details] 

original description (of Turbo neritiformis T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from Nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> [i–vi] + i–v pp., 52 pls [1–52, 10*, with unpaginated plate explanations]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): pl. 46 fig. 24 [details] 

original description (of Litorina arctica Møller, 1842) Møller, H. P. C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(1): 76-97., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322910
page(s): 82 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Turbo palliatus Say, 1822) Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 2(1): 221-248; 2(2): 257-276, 302-325., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831411
page(s): 240 [details] 

original description (of Litorina obtusata var. fasciata Menke, 1845) Menke, K. T. (1845). Übersicht der Mollusken der deutschen Nordsee. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> March 1845: 33-43; April 1845: 49-60., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=8aU-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA43
page(s): 56-58 [details] 

original description (of Littorina arctica Møller, 1842) Møller, H. P. C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(1): 76-97., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322910
page(s): 82 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Littorina arctica var. angulata M. Sars, 1851) Sars M. (1851). Beretning om i Sommeren 1849 Fortagen Zoologisk Reise i Lofoten og Finmarken. <em>Nyt Magazin Naturvidenskaberne.</em> 6(2):121–211., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8152707
page(s): 181 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Littorina groenlandica var. laevior Mörch, 1857) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1857). <i>Fortegnelse over Grønlands Bløddyr, Prodromus fauna molluscorum grønlandicae</i>. In Rink, H.J. (Ed.) <i>Grönland Geographisk og Statistisk Beskrevet. Naturhistoriske Bidrag til en Beskrivelse ad Grönland</i>. Vol. 4. Rink, Copenhagen. pp. 75–100. <em>Kjøbenhavn, Louis Klein.</em> 75-100., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28838318
page(s): 80 [details] 

original description (of Littorina obtusata var. ornata Jeffreys, 1865) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): vol. 3, p. 357-358 [1865]; vol. 5; pl. 65 fig. 5a [1869] [details] 

original description (of Littorina obtusata var. aestuarii Jeffreys, 1869) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): vol. 5, p. 205-206; pl. 101 fig. 8 [details] 

original description (of Littorina peconica S. Smith, 1860) Smith, S. (1860). On the Mollusca of Peconic and Gardiner's Bays, Long Island, New York. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 7: 147-168., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16227568#page/163/
page(s): 9-10 [details] 

original description (of Nerita littoralis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 777 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

original description (of Littorina arctica var. elatior M. Sars, 1851) Sars M. (1851). Beretning om i Sommeren 1849 Fortagen Zoologisk Reise i Lofoten og Finmarken. <em>Nyt Magazin Naturvidenskaberne.</em> 6(2):121–211., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8152707
page(s): 181 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Reid, D. G. (1996). Systematics and evolution of <i>Littorina</i>. <em>The Ray Society.</em> 463p. [details] 

additional source Reid, D. G. (1989). The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.</em> 324: 1-110., available online at https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1989.0040 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Anonymous. (1933). A statistical test of the species concept in <i>Littorina</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 46(3): 106., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519461 [details] 
 
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Dutch stompe alikruik  [details]
English yellow periwinkleflat periwinkle  [details]
French littorine tronquéebigorneau obtusbigorneau jeune  [details]
German stumpfkegelige Uferschneckestumpfe Strandschnecke  [details]
Marine Life Information Network - UK 
To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 18420) 
To Barcode of Life (178 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (120 publications) (from synonym Nerita littoralis Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Littorina peconica S. Smith, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (234 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Littorina arctica Møller, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) (from synonym Turbo palliatus Say, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications) (from synonym Litorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications) (from synonym Turbo obtusatus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Dyntaxa 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Littorina obtusata) 
To GenBank (318 nucleotides; 324 proteins) 
To GenBank (318 nucleotides; 324 proteins) (from synonym Turbo obtusatus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To Malacopics (Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758) Bailiwick of Guernsey, Alderney, Longis Bay) 
To Malacopics (Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758) Bailiwick of Guernsey, Alderney, Longis Bay) 
To Malacopics (Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758) Bailiwick of Guernsey, Alderney, Longis Bay) 
To Malacopics (Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758) Bailiwick of Guernsey, Alderney, Longis Bay, li... 
To Malacopics (Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758) Bailiwick of Guernsey, Herm, Shell Beach , live... 
To Malacopics (Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758) Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador, Gross Morne) 
To Malacopics (Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758) France, Bretagne, Morbihan, Pointe de Kerpenhir... 
To Malacopics (Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758) Iceland, Norðurland eystra, Kopasker, beached, ... 
To Malacopics (Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758) Netherlands, Westerschelde, De Kaloot) 
To Malacopics (Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus,1758) Norway, Sør-Trøndelag, Trondheimfjord, Hambåra) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1437249) 
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Littorina obtusata var. arctica Moller, 1842)
To PESI (from synonym Littorina obtusata var. palliata (Say, 1822))
To PESI (from synonym Turbo retusus Lamarck, 1822)
To PESI (from synonym Turbo obtusatus Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Litorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI (from synonym Turbo palliatus Say, 1822)
To PESI (from synonym Turbo neritiformis T. Brown, 1827)
To PESI (from synonym Litorina arctica Møller, 1842)
To PESI (from synonym Litorina obtusata var. fasciata Menke, 1845)
To PESI (from synonym Littorina arctica Møller, 1842)
To PESI (from synonym Littorina arctica var. angulata M. Sars, 1851)
To PESI (from synonym Littorina groenlandica var. laevior Mörch, 1857)
To PESI (from synonym Littorina obtusata var. ornata Jeffreys, 1865)
To PESI (from synonym Littorina obtusata var. aestuarii Jeffreys, 1869)
To PESI (from synonym Littorina peconica S. Smith, 1860)
To PESI (from synonym Nerita littoralis Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Littorina arctica var. elatior M. Sars, 1851)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 050994) 
To ITIS
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