Rough Periwinkle

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(Olivi, 1792)

Littorina saxatilis

Rough Periwinkle

Phylum:

Mollusca

Taxonomy

Class:

Gastropoda

Order:

Littorinimorpha

Family:

Littorinidae

ANSP 468605

Shell Information

Length (mm):

Chirality:

Dextral

Description:

Ecological Information

Distribution:

Greenland to New Jersey

Depth (m):

Diet:

Herbivore

Habitat:

Works Cited

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Littorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140264 on 2021-06-10
Rosenberg, G. 2009. Malacolog 4.1.1: A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. [WWW database (version 4.1.1)] URL http://www.malacolog.org/