APHOTOMARINE

An Educational Photographic Resource and Stock Image Library
of the Sea, Maritime Environment, Marine and Rockpool Life in the
Coastal Waters of South-West England by David Fenwick.

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Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Littorinoidea (Superfamily) >  Littorinidae (Family)  - Periwinkles and Chink shells

Lacuna
Lacuna crassior (Montagu, 1803)
- Thick chink shell or Lacuna
Lacuna pallidula (da Costa, 1778)
- Pallid chink shell or Pale lacuna
Lacuna parva (da Costa, 1778)
- Least or Globular chink shell or Tiny lacuna
Lacuna vincta (Montagu, 1803) - Banded chink shell

Littorina
Littorina fabalis (Turton, 1825) syn. Littorina mariae
- Flat periwinkle
Littorina littorea (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common periwinkle / Edible winkle
Littorina nigrolineata (J E Gray, 1839)
- Black-lined periwinkle
Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Flat periwinkle or Yellow periwinkle
Littorina saxatilis aggregata (Olivi, 1792)
- Rough periwinkle

Melarhaphe
Melarhaphe neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758) - Small periwinkle

Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Littorinoidea (Superfamily) > Skeneopsidae (Family)

Skeneopsis
Skeneopsis planorbis (Fabricius O., 1780) - Flat Skenea

 

 

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