Littorina compressa

Littorina compressa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Littorinidae
Genus:	Littorina
Species:	L. compressa
Binomial name
Littorina compressa Jeffreys, 1865
Synonyms [1]
Litorina macerwiniiPhilipi, 1847 Litorina merwiniiPhilipi, 1846 Littorina nigrolineataPhilippi, 1846 Littorina rudis var. compressaJeffreys, 1865 Littorina rudis var. luteaDautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1900 Littorina saxatilis nigrolineata var. matoniDautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912 Littorina saxatilis rudis var. jugosoidesJames, 1968 Littorina saxatilis var. cinereaFischer-Piette & Gaillard, 1971 Littorina saxatilis var. miniataDautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912 Turbo sulcatusLeach, 1852

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

Littorina compressa are native to Western Europe, ^{[2] [3]} and have also been found in the North Atlantic sea ^[4] and in Russia. ^[3]

Littorina compressa share are extremely similar in appearance to their sibling species ^[5] Littorina saxatilis and Littorina arcana. ^[6] The three species have been found to grow together. ^{[5] [7] [6]}

References

1. Littorina compressa Jeffreys, 1865 . Gofas, S. (2009). Littorina compressa Jeffreys, 1865. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140260 on 6 June 2010 .
2. "Littorina compressa" . Retrieved 30 August 2025.
3. "Country List - Littorina compressa". www.sealifebase.se. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
4. Doellman, Meredith M.; Trussell, Geoffrey C.; Grahame, John W.; Vollmer, Steve V. (7 November 2011). "Phylogeographic analysis reveals a deep lineage split within North Atlantic Littorina saxatilis". Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 278 (1722): 3175–3183. doi:10.1098/rspb.2011.0346. ISSN   1471-2954. PMC   3169032 . PMID   21429920.
5. Panova, Marina; Johansson, Tomas; Canbäck, Björn; Bentzer, Johan; Rosenblad, Magnus Alm; Johannesson, Kerstin; Tunlid, Anders; André, Carl (18 August 2014). "Species and gene divergence in Littorina snails detected by array comparative genomic hybridization". BMC Genomics. 15 (1): 687. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-687 . ISSN   1471-2164. PMC   4148934 . PMID   25135785.
6. Ballerstedt, S. (2007) 'Rough periwinkle (Littorina saxatilis)'. Plymouth: Marine Information Network.
7. Reeve, James; Butlin, Roger K.; Koch, Eva L.; Stankowski, Sean; Faria, Rui (December 2024). "Chromosomal inversion polymorphisms are widespread across the species ranges of rough periwinkles (Littorina saxatilis and L. arcana)". Molecular Ecology. 33 (24) e17160. Bibcode:2024MolEc..33E7160R. doi:10.1111/mec.17160. ISSN   1365-294X. PMC   11628645 . PMID   37843465.