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

Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758)

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

*Turbo obtusatus*	Linnaeus, 1758	basionym
*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*	Sars M., 1851	synonym
*Littorina groenlandica var. laevior*	Mörch, 1857	synonym
*Littorina obtusata var. aestuarii*	Jeffreys, 1869	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*	Smith S., 1860	synonym
*Nerita littoralis*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Turbo neritiformis*	Brown, 1827	synonym
*Turbo obtusatus*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Turbo palliatus*	Say, 1822	synonym
*Turbo retusus*	Lamarck, 1822	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

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

Dutch: stompe alikruik sources: Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.

English: yellow periwinkle sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Flat Periwinkle sources: Charles Hussey

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

Norwegian Bokmål: buttstrandsnegl sources: Systema Naturae ed. 10:

Norwegian Nynorsk: buttstrandsnigel sources: Systema Naturae ed. 10:

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

Spanish, Castillian: bígaro chato

Swedish: trubbig strandsnäcka

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	Reid D.G. (1996). Systematics and evolution of Littorina. The Ray Society 463p.
additional source	Reid, D.G. (1989a) The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 324: 1-110.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

Genbank

Link to Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (61 nucleotides; 56 proteins)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (209 publications)
Barcode of Life (79 barcodes)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:140263