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

Littorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)

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 groenlandica*	Menke, 1830	synonym
*Litorina sulcata*	Menke, 1830	synonym
*Litorina tenebrosa*	(Montagu, 1803)	synonym
*Litorina tenebrosa var. intermedia*	Forbes & Hanley, 1850	synonym
*Littorina castanea*	Deshayes in Deshayes & Milne Edwards, 1843	synonym
*Littorina danieli*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Littorina groenlandica*	(Menke, 1830)	synonym
*Littorina marmorata*	Pfeiffer, 1839	synonym
*Littorina neglecta*	Bean, 1844	synonym
*Littorina nervillei*	Dautzenberg, 1893	synonym
*Littorina nigrolineata*	Gray, 1839	synonym
*Littorina patula*	Thorpe, 1844	synonym
*Littorina rudis*	(Maton, 1797)	synonym
*Littorina rudis var. albida*	Dautzenberg, 1887	synonym
*Littorina rudis var. aurantia*	Dautzenberg, 1887	synonym
*Littorina rudis var. globosa*	Jeffreys, 1865	synonym
*Littorina saxatilis*	Johnston, 1842	synonym
*Littorina saxatilis var. bynei*	Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1912	synonym
*Littorina saxatilis var. elata*	Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1912	synonym
*Littorina saxatilis var. flammulata*	Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912	synonym
*Littorina saxatilis var. fulva*	Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912	synonym
*Littorina saxatilis var. fusca*	Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912	synonym
*Littorina saxatilis var. groenlandica*	(Menke, 1830)	synonym
*Littorina saxatilis var. intermedia*	Forbes & Hanley, 1850	synonym
*Littorina saxatilis var. laevis*	Jeffreys, 1865	synonym
*Littorina saxatilis var. lineata*	Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912	synonym
*Littorina saxatilis var. lutea*	Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1900	synonym
*Littorina saxatilis var. matoni*	Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1912	synonym
*Littorina saxatilis var. rudis*	(Maton, 1797)	synonym
*Littorina saxatilis var. sanguinea*	Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1900	synonym
*Littorina saxatilis var. similis*	Jeffreys, 1865	synonym
*Littorina saxatilis var. tessellata*	Dautzenberg, 1893	synonym
*Littorina saxatilis var. trifasciata*	Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912	synonym
*Littorina saxoides*	Nardo, 1847	synonym
*Littorina simplex*	Reeve, 1857	synonym
*Littorina tenebrosa*	(Montagu, 1803)	synonym
*Littorina zonaria*	Bean, 1844	synonym
*Turbo albocinctus*	Link, 1807	synonym
*Turbo davidis*	Röding, 1798	synonym
*Turbo diminutus*	Link, 1807	synonym
*Turbo groenlandicus*	Röding, 1798	synonym
*Turbo jugosus*	Montagu, 1803	synonym
*Turbo obligatus*	Say, 1822	synonym
*Turbo rudis*	Maton, 1797	synonym
*Turbo rudissimus*	Johnston, 1842	synonym
*Turbo saxatilis*	Olivi, 1792	synonym
*Turbo tenebrosus*	Montagu, 1803	synonym
*Turbo vestitus*	Say, 1822	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

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

Dutch: donkere alikruik; ruwe alikruik sources: Adema, J.P.H.M.; de Bruyne, R.H.; Perk, F.A. (1989). Preliminary name list of marine molluscs and shells, regularly washed ashore along the coasts of the Netherlands and Belgium [Voorlopige naamlijst van de mariene mollusken en de regelmatig langs de kust van Nederland en België aangespoelde schelpensoorten]. De Strandvlo 9(2): 49-59;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: black-lined periwinkle; rough periwinkle sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Black-lined Periwinkle; Rough Periwinkle sources: Charles Hussey

French: littorine des rochers; littorine rugueuse 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.;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.

German: dunkle Strandschnecke; kleine Strandschnecke; rauher Strandschnecke 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.;Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee;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: steinsnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: steinsnegl sources: Zool. Adriatica, 334 pp.

Norwegian Nynorsk: steinsnigel sources: Zool. Adriatica, 334 pp.

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

Swedish: vivipar strandsnäcka

Literature

original description	Olivi, G., 1792. Zoologia Adriatica ossia Catalogo ragionata degli Animali del Golfo e delle Laguna di Venezia; preceduto da una Dissertazione sulla Storia fiscia e naturale del Golfo; e accompagnato da Memorie, ed Osservazioni di Fiscia Storia naturale ed Economia: i-xxxiii, 1-334, Plates 1-9. Bassano.
basis of record	Reid D.G. (1996). Systematics and evolution of Littorina. The Ray Society 463p.
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.
additional source	Janson K. 1985. A morphologic and genetic analysis of Littorina saxatilis (Prosobranchia) from Venice, and on the problem of saxatilis-rudis nomenclature. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 24(1): 51-59.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

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External Links

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Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Littorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792). 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:140264