Description

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Taxonomy

kingdom: Animals (Animalia) 3656 observations
phylum: Molluscs (Mollusca) 931 observations
class: Gastropods (Gastropoda) 646 observations
order: (Littorinimorpha) 86 observations
family: Periwinkle Snails (Littorinidae) 25 observations
genus: Periwinkles (Littorina) 10 observations
species: Common Periwinkle (Littorina littorea) 2 observations

Species Interactions

The species with links are species that have observations.

Eats

Dwarf Eelgrass (Zostera noltei)
(Undaria)
Knotted Wrack (Ascophyllum nodosum)
Sea Lettuces (Ulva)
Bladder Wrack (Fucus vesiculosus)
(Ascophyllum)
Dead Man's Fingers (Codium fragile)
Broadleaf Sea Lettuce (Ulva lactuca)
Common Coralline (Corallina officinalis)
Vesicled Rockweeds (Fucus)
Gutweed (Ulva intestinalis)
Diatoms (Bacillariophyceae)
(Chaetomorpha)
Plants (Plantae)
(Microphytobenthos)
(Green macroalgae)
(Detritus)
(Carrion)
(Algae)
(Macroalgae)
(Enteromorpha)
(Enteromorpha intestinalis)
Eelgrass (Zostera marina)
(Khakista)
(POM (detritus))
(Sphacelaria cirrosa)
(Stilophora tenella)
(Vertebrata fruticulosa)
(Ulvella leptochaete)
(Jania rubens)
(Polysiphonia stricta)
Sea Hair (Chaetomorpha linum)
Saw Wrack (Fucus serratus)
Thongweed (Himanthalia elongata)
(Ulva compressa)
Graceful Green Hair (Cladophora sericea)
(Ulva clathrata)
(Ceramium virgatum)
(Ectocarpus siliculosus)
Harpoonweed (Asparagopsis armata)
(Osmundea ramosissima)
Forked Ribbons (Dictyota dichotoma)
(Ceramium diaphanum)
Bonnemaison's Hook Weed (Bonnemaisonia hamifera)
(Cladophora dalmatica)
(Codium vermilara)
(Cladophora rupestris)
(Feldmannia globifera)
Irish Moss (Chondrus crispus)
(Cladophora albida)
Green String Lettuce (Ulva linza)
(Rhodomela confervoides)
False Irish Moss (Mastocarpus stellatus)
Sea Belt (Saccharina latissima)
Oyster-thief (Colpomenia peregrina)
(Lomentaria articulata)
(Lithophyllum incrustans)
(Furcellaria lumbricalis)
(Ulvaria obscura)
(Wildemania miniata)
(Dictyosiphon foeniculaceus)
(Ralfsia fungiformis)
Dulse (Palmaria palmata)
(Petalonia fascia)
(Coilodesme bulligera)
(Rhodomela lycopodioides)
(Polysiphonia sp.)
(Clathromorphum circumscriptum)
(Ralfsia verrucosa)
Dabberlocks (Alaria esculenta)
(Chordaria flagelliformis)
(Verrucaria rubra)
(Devaleraea ramentacea)
(Antithamnion)
(Monostroma grevillei)
(Phytoplankton)

Preys on

Plants (Plantae)
Dwarf Eelgrass (Zostera noltei)
(Notocotylus ephemera)
(Paramonostomum chabaudi)
(Protista)
(Microphytobenthos)
Eelgrass (Zostera marina)

Eaten by

European Green Crab (Carcinus maenas)
Atlantic Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus)
Curlews (Numenius)
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Typical Killifishes (Fundulus)
Green-backed Herons (Butorides)
(Pagurus)
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
European Flounder (Platichthys flesus)
European Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)
Atlantic Wolffish (Anarhichas lupus)
Ribbon Worms (Nemertea)
Brown Shrimp (Crangon crangon)
Estuary Ragworm (Hediste diversicolor)
(Lumbrineris impatiens)
Eastern Oyster Drill (Urosalpinx cinerea)
Shorthorn Sculpins (Myoxocephalus)
(Polinices)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Mew Gull (Larus canus)
Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
(Himasthla elongata)
(Cryptocotyle lingua)
(Podocotyle staffordi)
(Renicola)
(Cercariae lebouri)
Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua)
Atlantic Mackerel (Scomber scombrus)
Baillon's Wrasse (Symphodus bailloni)
Black Goby (Gobius niger)
Baltic Prawn (Palaemon adspersus)
Goldsinny Wrasse (Ctenolabrus rupestris)
Marbled Crab (Pachygrapsus marmoratus)
(Calidris maritima)
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)

Preyed upon by

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
European Green Crab (Carcinus maenas)
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
European Sting Winkle (Ocenebra erinaceus)
Grey Triggerfish (Balistes capriscus)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
(Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Red Knot (Calidris canutus)
Mew Gull (Larus canus)
Brown Shrimp (Crangon crangon)
Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
European Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Baillon's Wrasse (Symphodus bailloni)
Black Goby (Gobius niger)
European Flounder (Platichthys flesus)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Spiny Starfish (Marthasterias glacialis)
(Asterina gibbosa)
Atlantic Horse Mackerel (Trachurus trachurus)
Common Sole (Solea solea)
European Ling (Molva molva)
King Ragworm (Alitta virens)
Velvet Swimming Crab (Necora puber)
Striped Red Mullet (Mullus surmuletus)
Scaleworms (Polynoidae)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Wrinkled Swimming Crab (Liocarcinus corrugatus)
Rock Gunnel (Pholis gunnellus)
(Lepsiella albomarginata)
Goldsinny Wrasse (Ctenolabrus rupestris)
Cuckoo Wrasse (Labrus mixtus)
Sand Dab (Limanda limanda)
European Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)
Corkwing Wrasse (Symphodus melops)
Atlantic Rock Crab (Cancer irroratus)
Common Hermit Crab (Pagurus bernhardus)

Species interaction data comes from GloBI.

More Information

iNaturalist taxa

Global Ocean Surface Ecosystem Alliance (GO-SEA)

species: Common Periwinkle (Littorina littorea)

2 Observations