Littorina saxatilis Olivi 1792 (periwinkle)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae

Alternative combination: Turbo saxatilis

Synonyms: Littorina rudis Maton 1797, Turbo rudis Maton 1797

Belongs to Littorina according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

See also Norton 1975

Sister taxa: Littorina (Littorina), Littorina (Melaraphe), Littorina alta, Littorina aspera, Littorina coccinea, Littorina kneri, Littorina mariana, Littorina neritoides, Littorina obtusata, Littorina petricola, Littorina pittsburgensis, Littorina remondii, Littorina scabra, Littorina schuttei, Littorina sheaferi, Littorina sookensis, Littorina subobesa, Littorina tuberculostriata, Littorina undulata, Littorina unifasciata

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (7: Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, Quebec collections), Greenland (3), Iceland (3), Morocco (2), the Netherlands (1), Portugal (1)

• Miocene of Argentina (1)

Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence

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