Littorina fabalis (Turton, 1825)
(Flat Periwinkle)

Littorina fabalis (Flat Periwinkle) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Littorina fabalis (Flat Periwinkle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Littorina fabalis (Flat Periwinkle)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
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:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Littorina fabalis (Flat Periwinkle):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 28 images of Littorina fabalis (Flat Periwinkle)
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