MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758)

(of Turbo obtusatus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Descriptive notes

Distribution Range: 74°N to 39°N; 74°W to 0°W. Distribution: Greenland; Greenland: West Greenland; Canada; Canada: Labrador, Quebec, New...

Distribution Range: 74°N to 39°N; 74°W to 0°W. Distribution: Greenland; Greenland: West Greenland; Canada; Canada: Labrador, Quebec, New Brunswick; USA: Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140263 on 2024-09-20

Taxonomic edit history

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original description (of Turbo obtusatus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 761 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Turbo retusus Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième. Paris: published by the author, 711 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): 48-49 [details]

original description (of Turbo palliatus Say, 1822) Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 2(1): 221-248; 2(2): 257-276, 302-325., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831411
page(s): 240 [details]

original description (of Nerita litoralis W. Turton, 1819) Turton, W. (1819). A conchological dictionary of the British Islands. J. Booth, London, xxvii + 272 pp., 28 pls. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/29692 [details]

original description (of Litorina arctica Møller, 1842) Möller, H. P. C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift. 4: 76-97 [Copenhagen]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322910
page(s): 82 [details]

original description (of Turbo neritiformis T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London. 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): pl. 46 fig. 24 [details]

original description (of Litorina obtusata var. unicolor Menke, 1845) Menke, K. T. (1845). Übersicht der Mollusken der deutschen Nordsee. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. March 1845: 33-43; April 1845: 49-60., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=8aU-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA43
page(s): 55 [details]

original description (of Litorina obtusata var. fasciata Menke, 1845) Menke, K. T. (1845). Übersicht der Mollusken der deutschen Nordsee. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. March 1845: 33-43; April 1845: 49-60., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=8aU-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA43
page(s): 56-58 [details]

original description (of Litorina obtusata var. zonata Menke, 1845) Menke, K. T. (1845). Übersicht der Mollusken der deutschen Nordsee. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. March 1845: 33-43; April 1845: 49-60., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=8aU-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA43
page(s): 56 [details]

original description (of Litorina ioides Menke, 1845) Menke, K. T. (1845). Übersicht der Mollusken der deutschen Nordsee. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. March 1845: 33-43; April 1845: 49-60., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=8aU-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA43 [details]

original description (of Littorelaea pultneyii Leach, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). On the classification of the British Mollusca by W E Leach. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (1) 20: 267-273., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926 [details]

original description (of Littorina obtusata f. globosa Middendorff, 1849) Middendorff T. A. von. (1849). Beiträge zur einer Malacozoologica Rossica, II. Aufzählung und Beschreibung der zur Meeresfauna Russlands gehörigen Einschaler. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St-Petersbourg, sixième série, Sciences naturelles. 6: 329-516, pl. 1-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29015189 [details]

original description (of Littorina obtusata f. elatiorangulata Middendorff, 1849) Middendorff T. A. von. (1849). Beiträge zur einer Malacozoologica Rossica, II. Aufzählung und Beschreibung der zur Meeresfauna Russlands gehörigen Einschaler. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St-Petersbourg, sixième série, Sciences naturelles. 6: 329-516, pl. 1-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29015189 [details]

original description (of Littorina tenebrosa f. elatiorcrassa Middendorff, 1849) Middendorff T. A. von. (1849). Beiträge zur einer Malacozoologica Rossica, II. Aufzählung und Beschreibung der zur Meeresfauna Russlands gehörigen Einschaler. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St-Petersbourg, sixième série, Sciences naturelles. 6: 329-516, pl. 1-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29015189
page(s): 598 [details]

original description (of Littorina tenebrosa var. obtusataea Middendorff, 1849) Middendorff T. A. von. (1849). Beiträge zur einer Malacozoologica Rossica, II. Aufzählung und Beschreibung der zur Meeresfauna Russlands gehörigen Einschaler. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St-Petersbourg, sixième série, Sciences naturelles. 6: 329-516, pl. 1-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29015189
page(s): 391 [details]

original description (of Littorina arctica Møller, 1842) Möller, H. P. C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift. 4: 76-97 [Copenhagen]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322910
page(s): 82 [details]

original description (of Littorina arctica var. angulata M. Sars, 1851) Sars M. (1851). Beretning om i Sommeren 1849 Fortagen Zoologisk Reise i Lofoten og Finmarken. Nyt Magazin Naturvidenskaberne. 6(2):121–211., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8152707
page(s): 181 [details]

original description (of Littorina groenlandica var. laevior Mörch, 1857) Mörch, O. A. L. (1857). Fortegnelse over Grønlands Bløddyr, Prodromus fauna molluscorum grønlandicae. In Rink, H.J. (Ed.) Grönland Geographisk og Statistisk Beskrevet. Naturhistoriske Bidrag til en Beskrivelse ad Grönland. Vol. 4. Rink, Copenhagen. pp. 75–100. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28838318
page(s): 80 [details]

original description (of Littorina preconica S. Smith, 1860) Smith, S. (1860). On the Mollusca of Peconic and Gardiner's Bays, Long Island, New York. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. 7: 147-168., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16227568#page/163/ [details]

original description (of Littorina obtusata var. ornata Jeffreys, 1865) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). British conchology. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): vol. 3, p. 357-358 [1865]; vol. 5; pl. 65 fig. 5a [1869] [details]

original description (of Littorina obtusata var. aestuarii Jeffreys, 1869) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). British conchology. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): vol. 5, p. 205-206; pl. 101 fig. 8 [details]

original description (of Littorina obtusata var. orana Norman, 1888) Norman A.M. (1888). Museum Normanianum, or a catalogue of the Invertebrata of Europe, and the Arctic North Atlantic Oceans. IV Mollusca marina. V. Brachiopoda. Durham, privately printed. 30 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21272019
page(s): 14 [details]

original description (of Littorina obtusata var. citrina Dautzenberg, 1893) Dautzenberg, Ph. (1893). Liste des Mollusques marins recueillis à Granville et à Saint-Pair. J. conchyliol. XLI: 16-30. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 20 [details]

original description (of Littorina obtusata var. aurantia Dautzenberg, 1893) Dautzenberg, Ph. (1893). Liste des Mollusques marins recueillis à Granville et à Saint-Pair. J. conchyliol. XLI: 16-30. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 20 [details]

original description (of Littorina obtusata var. balteata Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1915) Dautzenberg, P. & Fischer, P. (1915). Etude sur le Littorina obtusata et ses variations. Journal de Conchyliologie. 62: 87-128. [details]

original description (of Littorina obtusata var. castanea Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1915) Dautzenberg, P. & Fischer, P. (1915). Etude sur le Littorina obtusata et ses variations. Journal de Conchyliologie. 62: 87-128. [details]

original description (of Littorina obtusata var. lutea Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1915) Dautzenberg, P. & Fischer, P. (1915). Etude sur le Littorina obtusata et ses variations. Journal de Conchyliologie. 62: 87-128. [details]

original description (of Littorina obtusata var. ambigua Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1915) Dautzenberg, Ph. (1917). Liste des mollusques marins récoltés en 1915-1916 par M. Georges Lecointre sur le littoral occidental du Maroc. J. conchyliol. 63: 63-70 (look up in IMIS) [details]

original description (of Littorina obtusata var. tessellata Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1915) Dautzenberg, P. & Fischer, P. (1915). Etude sur le Littorina obtusata et ses variations. Journal de Conchyliologie. 62: 87-128. [details]

original description (of Littorina obtusata littoralis var. rubens Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1915) Dautzenberg, P. & Fischer, P. (1915). Etude sur le Littorina obtusata et ses variations. Journal de Conchyliologie. 62: 87-128. [details]

original description (of Littorina obtusata littoralis var. fusca Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1915) Dautzenberg, P. & Fischer, P. (1915). Etude sur le Littorina obtusata et ses variations. Journal de Conchyliologie. 62: 87-128. [details]

original description (of Littorina obtusata littoralis var. olivacea Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1915) Dautzenberg, P. & Fischer, P. (1915). Etude sur le Littorina obtusata et ses variations. Journal de Conchyliologie. 62: 87-128. [details]

original description (of Littorina obtusata littoralis var. alternata Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1915) Dautzenberg, P. & Fischer, P. (1915). Etude sur le Littorina obtusata et ses variations. Journal de Conchyliologie. 62: 87-128. [details]

original description (of Littorina obtusata littoralis var. inversicolor Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1915) Dautzenberg, P. & Fischer, P. (1915). Etude sur le Littorina obtusata et ses variations. Journal de Conchyliologie. 62: 87-128. [details]

original description (of Littorina obtusata littoralis var. rhabdota Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1915) Dautzenberg, P. & Fischer, P. (1915). Etude sur le Littorina obtusata et ses variations. Journal de Conchyliologie. 62: 87-128. [details]

original description (of Littorina palliata var. auricularia Schlesch, 1916) Schlesch, H. (1916). Faunula Littorinidae Islandiae Borealis. The Naturalist. A Monthly Journal of Natural History for the North of England. 1916: 279-280. [details]

original description (of Littorina obtusata littoralis var. albescens Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1925) Dautzenberg, P.; Fischer, H. (1925). Les mollusques marins du Finistère et en particulier de la région de Roscoff. Travaux de la Station Biologique de Roscoff. 2: 1-180. (look up in IMIS) [details]

original description (of Littorina palliata var. carinata Schlesch, 1916) Schlesch, H. (1916). Faunula Littorinidae Islandiae Borealis. The Naturalist. A Monthly Journal of Natural History for the North of England. 1916: 279-280. [details]

original description (of Littorina obtusata var. virescens Schlesch, 1930) Schlesch, H. (1930). Kleine Mitteilungen VI. Archiv fur Molluskenkunde. 62: 210-222. [details]

original description (of Littorina obtusata var. albida Schlesch, 1930) Schlesch, H. (1930). Kleine Mitteilungen VI. Archiv fur Molluskenkunde. 62: 210-222. [details]

original description (of Littorina obtusata var. pulchra Schlesch, 1930) Schlesch, H. (1930). Kleine Mitteilungen VI. Archiv fur Molluskenkunde. 62: 210-222. [details]

original description (of Littorina obtusata f. magnei Sacchi, 1961) Sacchi, C. F. (1961). Contribution a l'etude des rapports ecologie-polychromatisme chez un prosobranche intercotidal Littorina obtusata (L.) a Roscoff. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 2: 271-290. [details]

original description (of Littorina peconica S. Smith, 1860) Smith, S. (1860). On the Mollusca of Peconic and Gardiner's Bays, Long Island, New York. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. 7: 147-168., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16227568#page/163/
page(s): 9-10 [details]

original description (of Nerita littoralis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 777 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Littorina arctica var. elatior M. Sars, 1851) Sars M. (1851). Beretning om i Sommeren 1849 Fortagen Zoologisk Reise i Lofoten og Finmarken. Nyt Magazin Naturvidenskaberne. 6(2):121–211., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8152707
page(s): 181 [details]

basis of record Reid, D. G. (1996). Systematics and evolution of Littorina. The Ray Society. 463p. [details]

additional source Reid, D. G. (1989). The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 324: 1-110., available online at https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1989.0040 [details]

additional source Anonymous. (1933). A statistical test of the species concept in Littorina. The Nautilus. 46(3): 106., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519461 [details]

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Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

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Introduced: alien

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Dimensions maximum size of 15 mm [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Danish	butspiret strandsnegl	[details]
Dutch	stompe alikruik	[details]
English	yellow periwinklenorthern yellow periwinkleflat periwinkle	[details]
French	littorine tronquéelittorine jaunebigorneau obtusbigorneau jeune	[details]
German	stumpfkegelige Uferschneckestumpfe Strandschnecke	[details]
Norwegian Bokmål	buttstrandsnegl	[details]
Norwegian Nynorsk	buttstrandsnigel	[details]
Spanish	bígaro chato	[details]
Swedish	trubbig strandsnäcka	[details]