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

Littorina fabalis (Turton, 1825)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Littorina*	Férussac, 1822	accepted genus name
*Litorina*	Menke, 1828	synonym

Species group names

*Litorina arctica var. retusa*	Møller, 1842	synonym
*Litorina limata*	Lovén, 1846	synonym
*Litorina vittata*	Philippi, 1848	synonym
*Littorina beanii*	MacGillivray, 1843	synonym
*Littorina mariae*	Sacchi & Rastelli, 1966	synonym
*Littorina mariae beeensis*	S. M. Smith in Fretter & Graham, 1980	synonym
*Littorina obtusata var. compacta*	Jeffreys, 1865	synonym
*Littorina obtusata var. picta*	Menke, 1845	synonym
*Turbo fabalis*	Turton, 1825	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: flat periwinkle

Literature

basis of record	Reid D.G. (1996). Systematics and evolution of Littorina. The Ray Society 463p.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (80 nucleotides; 65 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
GBIF

Citation

Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2014). Littorina fabalis (Turton, 1825). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140261