APHOTOMARINE
An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.
Lacuna
Lacuna crassior (Montagu, 1803)
- Thick chink shell or Lacuna
Lacuna pallidula (da Costa, 1778)
- Pallid chink shell or Pale lacuna
Lacuna parva (da Costa, 1778)
- Least or Globular chink shell or Tiny lacuna
Lacuna vincta (Montagu, 1803) - Banded chink shell
Littorina
Littorina compressa Jeffreys, 1865
- Black-lined Periwinkle
Littorina fabalis (Turton, 1825)
- Flat Periwinkle
Littorina littorea (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common Periwinkle / Edible Winkle
Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Flat or Yellow Periwinkle
Littorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792) s.s.
- Rough Periwinkle
Littorina saxatilis agg. (Olivi, 1792)
- Rough Periwinkle
Melarhaphe
Melarhaphe neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758) - Small Periwinkle
Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Littorinoidea (Superfamily) > Skeneopsidae (Family)
Skeneopsis
Skeneopsis planorbis (Fabricius O., 1780) - Flat Skenea
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Other members of the Littorinoidea.
From the authors collection of foreign shells,
species not recorded in the United Kingdom.
Littorinoidea (Superfamily) > Littorinidae (Family) > Littorininae (Subfamily)
Echinolittorina punctata (Gmelin, 1791)
- A Periwinkle (Spain)
Littorina scutulata Gould, 1849
- Checkered periwinkle (Washington, USA)
