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

Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Turbo Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Littorina*	A. Férussac, 1822	accepted genus name
*Litorina*	[sic]	synonym

Species group names

*Litorina arctica*	Møller, 1842	synonym
*Litorina obtusata*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Litorina obtusata var. fasciata*	Menke, 1845	synonym
*Littorina arctica*	Møller, 1842	synonym
*Littorina arctica var. angulata*	M. Sars, 1851	synonym
*Littorina arctica var. elatior*	M. Sars, 1851	synonym
*Littorina groenlandica var. laevior*	Mörch, 1857	synonym
*Littorina obtusata var. aestuarii*	Jeffreys, 1869	synonym
*Littorina obtusata var. arctica*	Moller, 1842	synonym
*Littorina obtusata var. ornata*	Jeffreys, 1865	synonym
*Littorina obtusata var. palliata*	(Say, 1822)	synonym
*Littorina peconica*	S. Smith, 1860	synonym
*Nerita littoralis*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Turbo neritiformis*	T. Brown, 1827	synonym
*Turbo palliatus*	Say, 1822	synonym
*Turbo retusus*	Lamarck, 1822	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: butspiret strandsnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: stompe alikruik sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: flat periwinkle; northern yellow periwinkle; yellow periwinkle sources: Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp.;Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: bigorneau jeune; bigorneau obtus; littorine jaune; littorine tronquée sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.;Chabot, R. & Rossignol, A. 2003. Algues et faune du littoral du Saint-Laurent maritime: Guide d'identification. Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski, Rimouski; Pêches et Océans Canada (Institut Maurice-Lamontagne), Mont-Joli. 113 pages.;Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.

German: stumpfe Strandschnecke; stumpfkegelige Uferschnecke sources: Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.;Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp.

Norwegian Bokmål: buttstrandsnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: buttstrandsnigel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: bígaro chato

Swedish: trubbig strandsnäcka

Literature

basis of record	Reid, D. G. (1996). Systematics and evolution of Littorina. The Ray Society. 463p.
additional source	Anonymous. (1933). A statistical test of the species concept in Littorina. The Nautilus. 46(3): 106.
additional source	Reid, D. G. (1989). The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 324: 1-110.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:140263