Littorina saxatilis   (Olivi, 1792)

Rough periwinkle

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Littorina saxatilis

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Gastropoda | Littorinimorpha | Littorinidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 0 - 46 m (Ref. 83435).  Temperate; 81°N - 35°N, 95°W - 62°E (Ref. 83435)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Northeast Atlantic, Arctic, the Mediterranean and Eastern Pacific. Introduced in California. Temperate to polar.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.9 cm DL male/unsexed; (Ref. 83435); max. reported age: 3.00 years (Ref. 8702)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Main food based on another species of the same genus; to be replaced with a better reference (Ref. 96313).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

The species displays poecilogonony as its reproductive strategy. Claims of viviparity when young based on smaller species.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Harms, J. 1993. (Ref. 2711)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses


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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 6.6 - 13.2, mean 10.9 (based on 168 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Low.