species 3,075 observations

Rough Periwinkle

Littorina saxatilis

Field notes

Littorina saxatilis, common name the rough periwinkle, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles. First identified in the 1700s, it has been misidentified as a new species 112 times.

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Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided