Littorinidae
| Littorinidae | |
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| Two shells of the common periwinke Littorina littorea |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Littorinoidea |
| Family: |
Littorinidae Children, 1834 |
| Diversity | |
| two freshwater species and numerous marine species. | |
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.
In English-speaking countries, gastropod molluscs from other families, such as the Neritidae, are sometimes also commonly known as "winkles" because they are small, round snails that occupy a similar ecological niche.
These subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):
Genera within the family Littorinidae include:
subfamily ?
David G. Reid; Suzanne T. Williams (2004). "The subfamily Littorininae in the Temperate Southern Hemisphere: the genera Nodilittorina, Austrolittorina and Afrolittorina" (PDF). Record of the Australian Museum. 56: 75–122. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.56.2004.1393.
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