Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Afrolittorina acutispira		Indo-West Pacific		1892
Afrolittorina africana	African periwinkle	Western Indian Ocean		1847
Afrolittorina knysnaensis		Eastern Indian Ocean		1847
Afrolittorina praetermissa		Indo-West Pacific		1909
Algamorda newcombiana	Newcomb's littorine snail	Northeast Pacific		1876
Aquilonaria turneri		Western Atlantic and East	1.4 DL	1886
Austrolittorina antipodum	Banded periwinkle	Southwest Pacific.		1847
Austrolittorina araucana		Southeast Pacific		1840
Austrolittorina fernandezensis		Southeast Pacific		1970
Austrolittorina unifasciata		Indo-West Pacific		1826
Bembicium nanum		Indo-West Pacific		1822
Cenchritis muricatus	Beaded periwinkle	Western Atlantic	3 NG	1758
Echininus cummingi		Northwest Pacific		1847
Echininus nodulosus	False prickly winkle	Western Central Atlantic		1839
Echinolittorina albicarinata		Eastern Central Pacific		1970
Echinolittorina angustior	Slender periwinkle	Western Central Atlantic.	1.7 DL	1876
Echinolittorina arabica		Indian Ocean.		1990
Echinolittorina aspera		Eastern Central Pacific a		1846
Echinolittorina atrata		Eastern Pacific and Weste		1852
Echinolittorina australis		Eastern Indian Ocean		1826
Echinolittorina cinerea	Marine snail	Pacific Ocean.		1869
Echinolittorina feejeensis		Western Pacific.		1857
Echinolittorina fuscolineata		Eastern Pacific and Weste		2002
Echinolittorina granosa		Eastern Central Atlantic.		1845
Echinolittorina hawaiiensis		Eastern Central Pacific		1981
Echinolittorina helenae		Southeast Atlantic		1890
Echinolittorina interrupta	Interrupted periwinkle	Western Central Atlantic.	2.4 NG	1847
Echinolittorina lemniscata		Southeast Pacific		1846
Echinolittorina leucosticta	Biangular prickly-winkle	Indian Ocean.		1847
Echinolittorina lineolata	Lineolate periwinkle	Western Atlantic.	1 DL	1840
Echinolittorina malaccana		Indo-West Pacific.	1.7 SHH	1847
Echinolittorina marquesensis		Eastern Central Pacific		2007
Echinolittorina melanacme		Indo-West Pacific.		1876
Echinolittorina meleagris	White-spot periwinkle	Western Central Atlantic.	1 DL	1838
Echinolittorina miliaris		Atlantic Ocean.		1833
Echinolittorina millegrana	Granular prickly-winkle	Indo-Pacific.		1848
Echinolittorina modesta		Western Central Atlantic		1846
Echinolittorina natalensis		Indian Ocean		1847
Echinolittorina novaezelandiae		Indo-West Pacific		1857
Echinolittorina parcipicta		Eastern Central Pacific		1864
Echinolittorina pascua		Indo-Pacific.	1.8 SHH	1970
Echinolittorina paytensis		Eastern Pacific.		1847
Echinolittorina penicillata		Eastern Central Pacific		1864
Echinolittorina peruviana		Southeast Pacific		1822
Echinolittorina philippinensis		Western Central Pacific		2007
Echinolittorina placida		Western Atlantic.	2.0 DL	2009
Echinolittorina porcata		Southeast Pacific		1846
Echinolittorina pulchella		Eastern Central Atlantic.		1845
Echinolittorina punctata		Eastern Central Atlantic		1791
Echinolittorina radiata		Western Pacific		1852
Echinolittorina reticulata		Indo-West Pacific		1838
Echinolittorina santelenae		Eastern Pacific.		2002
Echinolittorina subnodosa		Western Indian Ocean.		1847
Echinolittorina sundaica		Indo-West Pacific		1945
Echinolittorina tenuistriata		Eastern Pacific.		2002
Echinolittorina tuberculata	Common prickly winkle	Western Central Atlantic.	1.8 DL	1828
Echinolittorina vermeiji		Southwest Atlantic		1982
Echinolittorina vidua		Southeast Asia.		1859
Echinolittorina wallaceana		Western Central Pacific		2007
Echinolittorina ziczac	Zebra periwinkle	Central Atlantic.	2 DL	1791
Haloconcha minor	Lesser lacuna	Northern Pacific		1919
Haloconcha reflexa	Reflexed lacuna	Northern Pacific		1884
Lacuna abyssicola		Western Atlantic.	0.2 DL	1912
Lacuna carinata	Carinate lacuna	East Pacific.		1848
Lacuna cleicecabrale		Western Atlantic.		1994
Lacuna cossmanni		Atlantic Ocean.	0.9 DL	1897
Lacuna crassior	Thick lacuna	East Pacific.	1.2 DL	1803
Lacuna marmorata	Chink snail	East Pacific.		1919
Lacuna neritoidea		East Pacific.		1840
Lacuna pallidula	Pale lacuna	Northeast Atlantic and th	1 DL	1778
Lacuna parva	Tiny lacuna	North Atlantic.		1778
Lacuna picta		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1880
Lacuna porrecta		Eastern Pacific		1864
Lacuna pumilio		Eastern Atlantic.	0.2 DL	1890
Lacuna succinea	Amber lacuna	East Pacific.		1953
Lacuna unifasciata	One-band lacuna	East Pacific.		1856
Lacuna vaginata	Delightful lacuna	East Pacific.		1918
Lacuna variegata	Variegate lacuna	Eastern Pacific	1.6 SHH	1864
Lacuna vincta	Northern lacuna	Northern Atlantic, Northe	1.3 DL	1803
Laevilacunaria antarctica		Atlantic Antarctic	0.8 DL	1895
Laevilacunaria bennetti		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1916
Laevilacunaria bransfieldensis		Western Atlantic.		1916
Laevilitorina bennetti		Western Atlantic.		1916
Laevilitorina caliginosa		Southern Pacific, Southwe	0.8 DL	1849
Laevilitorina coriacea		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL	1907
Laevilitorina elongata		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1903
Laevilitorina granum		Western Atlantic.	0.2 DL	1886
Laevilitorina latior		Western Atlantic.		1912
Laevilitorina pygmaea		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1886
Laevilitorina umbilicata		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1886
Laevilitorina venusta		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1886
Laevilitorina wandelensis		Western Atlantic.		1907
Littoraria angulifera	Mangrove periwinkle	Western Central Pacific a	4.1 ShL	1822
Littoraria ardouiniana		Northwest Pacific		1885
Littoraria articulata		Northwest Pacific		1846
Littoraria carinifera	Carinate periwinkle	Western Central Pacific		1830
Littoraria cingulata		Eastern Indian Ocean		1846
Littoraria coccinea	Scarlet periwinkle	Pacific Ocean.		1791
Littoraria flammea		Northwest Pacific		1847
Littoraria intermedia		Indo-Pacific.		1846
Littoraria irrorata	Marsh periwinkle	Western Atlantic	2.9 DL	1822
Littoraria melanostoma		Northwest Pacific		1839
Littoraria nebulosa	Cloudy periwinkle	Western Central Atlantic.	2.8 DL	1822
Littoraria pallescens		Indo-Pacific.		1846
Littoraria pintado	Dotted periwinkle	Pacific		1828
Littoraria strigata		Pacific		1846
Littoraria subvittata	Estuarine periwinkle	Indo-West Pacific. Inlan		1986
Littoraria tessellata		Western Central Atlantic	2.3 DL	1847
Littoraria undulata	Undulate periwinkle	Indo-Pacific.	2 SHL	1839
Littorina aleutica		Indo-Pacific.		1872
Littorina angustior	Narrow periwinkle	Western Central Atlantic	17 DL	1876
Littorina arcana		Northeast Atlantic and th		1978
Littorina brevicula		Northwest Pacific		1844
Littorina coccinea		Central Pacific.	2.5 SHH	1791
Littorina compressa	Black-lined periwinkle	Northeast Atlantic and th		1865
Littorina fabalis	Flat periwinkle	Atlantic Ocean and the Ar	1.5 DL	1825
Littorina fasciata		Atlantic Ocean and the Ar		1839
Littorina flava		Western Atlantic.	2 DL	1832
Littorina irrorata		Western Central Atlantic	29.2 DL	1822
Littorina keenae	Eroded periwinkle	Eastern Pacific		1978
Littorina littorea	Common periwinkle	Northeast Atlantic	4.2 DL	1758
Littorina mariae		Northeast Atlantic		1966
Littorina meleagris	White-spotted periwinkle	Western Central Atlantic		1838
Littorina mespillum		Western Central Atlantic		1824
Littorina nebulosa		Western Central Atlantic	28 DL	1822
Littorina neglecta		Northeast Atlantic		1844
Littorina nigrolineata	Black lined periwinkle	Northeast Atlantic		1839
Littorina obtusata	Yellow periwinkle	Northern Atlantic, Arctic	1.3 DL	1758
Littorina planaxis		Northern Atlantic, Arctic		1847
Littorina plena		Northeast Pacific		1849
Littorina pullata		Northeast Pacific		1864
Littorina saxatilis	Rough periwinkle	Northeast Atlantic, Arcti	1.9 DL	1792
Littorina scabra	Scabra periwinkle	Indo-Pacific.	4.4 SHL	1758
Littorina scutulata	Checkered periwinkle	Eastern Pacific	1.5 SHH	1849
Littorina sitkana	Sitka periwinkle	Pacific Ocean	2.2 NG	1846
Littorina squalida		Arctic and Northwest Paci		1829
Littorina striata		Arctic and Northwest Paci		1801
Littorina subrotundata		Arctic and Northwest Paci		1864
Littorina zebra		Arctic and Northwest Paci
Littorina ziczac		Western Central Atlantic		1791
Mainwaringia leithii		Eastern Indian Ocean		1876
Melarhaphe neritoides	Small periwinkle	Western Indian Ocean, Nor		1758
Nodilittorina dilatata	Pricklywinkle	North America.		1842
Nodilittorina mespillum	Brown periwinkle	Western Central Atlantic	1 DL	1824
Nodilittorina pyramidalis	Pyramidal prickly-winkle	Indo-Pacific	2.5 SHL	1833
Nodilittorina riisei		Indo-Pacific		1876
Peasiella conoidalis		Pacific Ocean.		1868
Peasiella infracostata		Western Indian Ocean		1869
Peasiella isseli		Western Indian Ocean.		1869
Peasiella roepstorffiana		Western Central Pacific		1885
Pellilitorina pellita		Western Atlantic and Indi	1.8 DL	1885
Pellilitorina setosa		Antarctic, Atlantic Ocean	1.7 DL	1875
Tectarius antonii	False pricklywinkle	Western Central Atlantic.	2.1 DL	1846
Tectarius coronatus	Coronate prickly-winkle	Western Pacific	4 SHH	1833
Tectarius cumingii		Western Central Pacific		1847
Tectarius grandinatus	Hailstorm prickly-winkle	Pacific Ocean	4 ShH	1791
Tectarius muricatus		Western Central Atlantic		1758
Tectarius padmiae		Western Central Atlantic		2021
Tectarius pagodus	Pagoda prickly-winkle	Indo-West Pacific	6.5 SHL	1758
Tectarius spinulosus		Western Central Pacific		1847
Tectarius tuberculatus		Western Central Atlantic
Tectarius viviparus		Western Central Pacific	2 ShH	1982
Tectininus nodulosus		Western Central Pacific		1839

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Species Identification: Find Species

Family: Littorinidae periwinkles(See list of species below)

Family: Littorinidae periwinkles

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