Littorinidae is a taxonomic family of about 200 sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha, commonly known as periwinkles and found world-wide.

Names

In English-speaking countries in other parts of the world, gastropod molluscs from other families, such as the Nerites, Neritidae, are sometimes also commonly known as "winkles", simply because they are small round marine snails that occupy a similar ecological niche.

Subfamilies

Family Littorinidae

• Subfamily Lacuninae Gray, 1857
• Subfamily Laevilitorininae Reid, 1989
• Subfamily Littorininae Children, 1834

Genera

Genera within the family Littorinidae include^[2][3]:

The type genus is Littorina Férussac, 1822.

• Algamorda Dall, 1918
• Aquilonaria Dall, 1886
• Cenchritis von Martens, 1900
• Echininus
• Echinolittorina Habe, 1956
  • Fossarilittorina Rosewater, 1981
  • Lineolittorina Reid, 2009^[4]
  • Amerolittorina Reid, 2009^[4]
  • Echinolittorina Habe, 1956
• Haloconcha Dall, 1886
• Lacuna Turton, 1827
• Laevilitorina Pfeiffer, 1886
• Littoraria Griffith and Pidgeon, 1834 (39 species)
• Littorina Férussac, 1822 (18 species)
• Macquariella Finlay, 1927
• Mainwaringia (2 species)
• Nodilittorina von Martens, 1897 This genus proved to be polyphyletic and in 2003 was divided into:
  • Echinolittorina (59 species worldwide),
  • Austrolittorina five species),
  • Afrolittorina (new genus, four species)
  • Nodilittorina s.s. - the monotypic subgenus^[5]
• Peasiella (11 species)
• Risellopsis Kesteven, 1902
• Rissolitorina Ponder, 1966
• Tectarius Valenciennes, 1833 (11 species)
• Tectininus

References

• David G. Reid, Suzanne T. Williams (2004). "The subfamily Littorininae in the Temperate Southern Hemisphere: the genera Nodilittorina, Austrolittorina and Afrolittorina". Record of the Australian Museum 56: 75–122. http://www.amonline.net.au/pdf/publications/1393_complete.pdf.