Littorina littorea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common periwinkle
Littorina littorea
photo by FAO

Family:  Littorinidae (periwinkles)
Max. size:  4.2 cm DL (male/unsexed); max. reported age: 5 years
Environment:  benthic; brackish; marine; depth range 0 - 60 m
Distribution:  Northeast Atlantic: from west Greenland to Kandalaksha Bay, White Sea, down to Portugal. Said to occur in the Mediterranean during the Pleistocene with records up to the Persian Gulf. Distribution in Iceland possibly true due to its occurrence up to west Greenland. Temperate to polar.
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IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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