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Littorinidae

Synonyms: Bembiciidae; Lacunidae; Launidae; Melarhaphidae; Risellidae

Wikipedia Abstract

The Littorinidae are a taxonomic family of over 200 species of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha, commonly known as periwinkles and found worldwide.
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Genus

Acilia (4)
Afrolittorina (4)
Austrolittorina (5)
Bembicium (8)
Cenchritis (1)
Cremnoconchus (9)   (1)
Dissochilus (2)
Echinolittorina (64)
Gouetina (1)
Hallstadtia (1)
Heterospira (2)
Lacuna (3)
Laevilacunaria (3)
Laevilitorina (21)
Littoraria (47)
Littorina (47)   (1)
Mainwaringia (3)
Melarhaphe (15)
Mirolacuna (2)
Nodilittorina (3)
Peasiella (15)
Pellilitorina (2)
Poroa (1)
Praelittorina (1)
Procancellaria (1)
Prosthenodon (1)
Risellopsis (2)
Solutolacuna (1)
Tectarius (Beaded periwinkle) (18)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0