Species
The type species:Turbo littoreus Linnaeus, 1758 restricts the species in this genus to the northern hemisphere, moderate and cold zones. The tropical species belong in other genera of the same family
Species in the genus Littorina include
- Littorina aleutica Dall, 1872
- Littorina arcana Hannaford-Ellis, 1978
- Littorina brevicula (Philippi, 1844)
- Littorina compressa Jeffreys, 1865
- Littorina fabalis (Turton, 1825)
- Littorina horikawai Matsubayashi & Habe in Habe, 1979
- Littorina islandica Reid, 1996 †
- Littorina kasatka Reid, Zaslavskaya & Sergievsky, 1991
- Littorina keenae
- Littorina littorea (Linnaeus, 1758), common periwinkle
- Littorina mandshurica (Schrenk, 1861)
- Littorina natica Reid, 1996
- Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758), flat periwinkle
- Littorina petricola Arnold, 1908 †
- Littorina plena Gould, 1849
- Littorina remondii Gabb, 1866 †
- Littorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792), rough periwinkle
- Littorina scutulata Gould, 1849, checkered periwinkle
- Littorina sitkana Philippi, 1846
- † Littorina sookensis
- Littorina squalida
- Littorina subrotundata
- Littorina varia
- Littorina zebra
- Species brought into synonymy
- Littorina aestuarii Jeffreys, 1865: synonym of Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Littorina affinis d'Orbigny, 1839: synonym of Tectarius striatus (King & Broderip, 1832)
- Littorina angulifera is a synonym for Littoraria angulifera (Lamarck, 1822)
- Littorina arenica Jay, 1839: synonym of Tectarius striatus (King & Broderip, 1832)
- Litorina arenica Dunker, 1845: synonym of Tectarius striatus (King & Broderip, 1832)
- Littorina canariensis d'Orbigny, 1839: synonym of Tectarius striatus (King & Broderip, 1832)
- Litorina globosa Dunker, 1845: synonym of Tectarius striatus (King & Broderip, 1832)
- Littorina granularis Gray, 1839: synonym of Echinolittorina miliaris (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
- Littorina lamellosa Souverbie, 1861: synonym of Fossarus lamellosus (Souverbie, 1861)
- Littorina marnat Potiez & Michaud, 1838: synonym of Echinolittorina punctata (Gmelin, 1791)
- Littorina obesa (G.B. Sowerby, 1832): synonym of Littoraria coccinea (Gmelin, 1791)
- Littorina petraeus (Montagu, 1803): synonym of Melarhaphe neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Littorina planaxis G.B. Sowerby I, 1844: synonym of Tectarius striatus (King & Broderip, 1832)
- Littorina saxatilis jugosa Montagu, 1803: synonym of Littorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
- Littorina saxatilis nigrolineata Gray, 1839: synonym of Littorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
- Littorina striata is a synonym for Tectarius striatus (King & Broderip, 1832)
- Littorina undulata Gray, 1839: synonym of Littoraria undulata (Gray, 1839)
- Littorina unifasciata antipodum: synonym of Austrolittorina antipodum (Philippi, 1847)
- Littorina ziczac is a synonym for Echinolittorina ziczac (Gmelin, 1791)
- Littorina zonaria Bean, 1844: synonym of Littorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
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