Littorina fabalis (Turton, 1825)
(Flat Periwinkle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLittorina fabalis (Flat Periwinkle)
GenusLittorina (periwinkles)
SubfamilyLITTORININAE (a subfamily of molluscs)
FamilyLITTORINIDAE (periwinkles)
SuperfamilyLITTORINOIDEA (a superfamily of molluscs)
OrderLITTORINIMORPHA (an order of operculate snails and whelks)
SubclassCAENOGASTROPODA (a subclass of molluscs)
ClassGASTROPODA (slugs and snails)
PhylumMOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Littorina fabalis (Flat Periwinkle) :
1: Littorina fabalis (Flat Periwinkle)
23 Jan 2012 OSGR: SY67 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
crawling over exposed Fucus at low tide
Image 1: Actively crawling - top view - highly enlargedImage 2: Actively crawling - top view - highly enlarged (2)Image 3: Actively crawling - top view - highly enlarged (3)Image 4: Crawling over Saw Wrack - enlargedImage 5: Crawling over Saw Wrack - enlarged (2)Image 6: Crawling over Saw Wrack - enlarged (3)Image 7: Crawling over Saw Wrack - enlarged (4)Image 8: Crawling over Saw Wrack - enlarged (5)Image 9: Mouth view - animal half emerged - highly enlargedImage 10: Mouth view - animal half emerged - highly enlarged (2)Image 11: Mouth view - animal withdrawn - highly enlargedImage 12: Mouth view - animal withdrawn - highly enlarged (2)
2: Littorina fabalis (Flat Periwinkle)
28 Mar 2010 OSGR: SY67 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
on rock under Saw-wrack (Fucus serratus)
Image 1: Close-up - enlarged
3: Littorina fabalis (Flat Periwinkle)
28 Mar 2010 OSGR: SY67 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
egg mass on Saw-wrack
Image 1: Egg mass - near hatching - close-up - highly enlargedImage 2: Egg mass - near hatching - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 3: Egg mass - near hatching - close-up - highly enlarged (3)Image 4: Larvae - near hatching - close-up - magnifiedImage 5: Larvae - near hatching - close-up - magnified (2)Image 6: Larvae - near hatching - close-up - magnified (3)Image 7: Larvae - near hatching - close-up - magnified (4)Image 8: Larvae - near hatching - close-up - magnified (5)
4: Littorina fabalis (Flat Periwinkle)
6 May 2008 OSGR: SY67 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
egg mass on Saw-wrack
Image 1: Egg mass - close-up - highly enlargedImage 2: Egg mass - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 3: Veliger larvae within eggs - close-up - magnifiedImage 4: Veliger larvae within eggs - close-up - magnified (2)Image 5: Veliger larvae within eggs - close-up - magnified (3)Image 6: Veliger larvae within eggs - close-up - magnified (4)Image 7: Veliger larvae within eggs - close-up - magnified (5)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Smith, I.F. 2017 Differerentiating Littorina obtusata sensu stricto (Linnaeus, 1758) from Littorina fabialis (Turton, 1825) Mollusc World Vol 44: 22-23.
Willing, M. 2018 Molluscs (Feb 2018) British Wildlife Vol 29 (3): 216-218.

Littorina fabalis (Flat Periwinkle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Littorina fabalis (Flat Periwinkle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Littorina fabalis (Flat Periwinkle)
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