Littorina fabalis

Littorina fabalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.^[1]

Littorina fabalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Littorinidae
Genus:	Littorina
Species:	L. fabalis
Binomial name
Littorina fabalis (Turton, 1825)
Synonyms[1]
Litorina arctica var. retusa Møller, 1842 Litorina limata Lovén, 1846 Litorina vittata Philippi, 1848 Littorina beanii MacGillivray, 1843 Littorina bizonalis Récluz, 1869 Littorina fabula Kobelt, 1907 Littorina mariae Sacchi & Rastelli, 1966 Littorina mariae beeensis S.M. Smith in Fretter & Graham, 1980 Littorina obtusata littoralis var. inversicolorreticulata Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1915 Littorina obtusata littoralis var. minima Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1915 Littorina obtusata littoralis var. pachychila Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1915 Littorina obtusata littoralis var. reticulata Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1915 Littorina obtusata littoralis var. ziczac Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1915 Littorina vadorum Sacchi, 1954 Turbo expansus Brown in J. Smith, 1839 Turbo fabalis Turton, 1825

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 1.8 cm.^[2] L. fabalis can be dark or light green, yellow, orange, brown or black. The lighter colours are more frequently found on sheltered shores, and the brown morph on exposed shores.^[3]

Distribution

L. fabalis is distributed on British, Irish, and North Sea coasts, and southwards into the western Mediterranean.

Habitat

This species can be found on seaweeds like Fucus vesiculosus and Ascophyllum nodosum.^[3] The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; maximum recorded depth is 0 m.^[2]