Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Littorinoidea > Family Littorinidae > Subfamily Littorininae

Littorina A. Férussac, 1822

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Litorina*	[sic]	synonym

Children

Littorina arcana Hannaford-Ellis, 1978
Littorina compressa Jeffreys, 1865
Littorina fabalis (W. Turton, 1825)
Littorina littorea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Littorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

French: littorines sources: Bousfield, E. L. (1964). Coquillages des cotes canadiennes de l'Atlantique. Musée national du Canada. Ottawa. 89 p.

Japanese: タマキビ属

Literature

original description	Férussac, A. E. J. P. F. d'Audebard de. (1822). Tableaux systématiques des animaux mollusques classés en familles naturelles, dans lesquels on a établi la concordance de tous les systèmes; suivis d'un prodrome général pour tous les mollusques terrestres ou fluviatiles, vivants ou fossils.
basis of record	Reid, D. G. (1996). Systematics and evolution of Littorina. The Ray Society. 463p.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Littorina A. Férussac, 1822. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138135