Littorina littorea (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Common Periwinkle, Edible Periwinkle, Winkle)

Interactions where Littorina littorea is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
is endoparasitised by cercaria Cryptocotyle lingua a fluke Plagiorchiida: Heterophyidae The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973
 /Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Trematoda/Plagiorchiida/Heterophyidae/Cryptocotyle lingua/Cryptocotyle linguaa flukecercaria Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Littorinimorpha/Littorinidae/Littorina littorea/Littorina littoreacommon periwinkle, edible periwinkle, winkle cercaria endoparasitises

Author & YearTitleSource
Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on ParasitesField Studies 3: 681-718.

Littorina littorea (Common Periwinkle, Edible Periwinkle, Winkle) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Littorina littorea (Common Periwinkle, Edible Periwinkle, Winkle) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLittorina littorea (Common Periwinkle, Edible Periwinkle, Winkle)
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 littorea (Common Periwinkle, Edible Periwinkle, Winkle)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Lebour, M.V. 1935 The breeding of Littorina neritoides JMBA 20(2): 373-378.

Littorina littorea (Common Periwinkle, Edible Periwinkle, Winkle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Carlson, R.I., Shulman, M.J. & Ellis, J.C. 2006 Factors contributing to spatial heterogeneity in the abundance of the Common Periwinkle Littorina littorea (L.) J. Mollus. Stud. Vol 72: 149-156.
Davies, M.S. & Case, C.M. 1977 Tenacity of attachment in two species of littorinid, Littorina littorea (L.) and Littorina obtusata (L.). J. Mollus. Stud. Vol 1997: 235-244.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Littorina littorea (Common Periwinkle, Edible Periwinkle, Winkle):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 14 images of Littorina littorea (Common Periwinkle, Edible Periwinkle, Winkle)
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