Edible periwinkle
Littorina littorea
Category: Sea Snails & Nudibranchs
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Littorinimorpha
- Family
- Littorinidae
- Genus
- Littorina
Where to Find
Found in 23 diving areas across 9 countries and 4 regions.
- Bimini, Bahamas - 1 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 1 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 1 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 1 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 1 records
- Bornholm, Denmark - 123 records
- North Sea Coast, Denmark - 2611 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 201 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 154 records
- Baltic Coast, Sweden - 1 records
- West Coast (Gothenburg), Sweden - 168 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 618 records
- Northumberland & Northeast, United Kingdom - 792 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 301 records
- Scottish East Coast & Borders, United Kingdom - 706 records
- Scottish West Coast, United Kingdom - 491 records
- New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 222 records
- Newfoundland, Canada - 4 records
- Nova Scotia, Canada - 28 records
- Québec, Canada - 2 records
- New England, United States - 5 records