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Littorina

genus of sea snails
Taxon taxon Q83749
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Littorina

Summary

Littorina is a taxon[1]. Littorina ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (85 views/month, #1,623 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Littorina's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Littorina is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Littorina is classified within Littorininae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Littorina is Littorina[6].
  • Littorina's Commons category is recorded as Littorina[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Littorina is common periwinkle[8].
  • Littorina's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Littorina[9].

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Classification

Littorina's scientific name is Littorina[6]. Littorina is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Littorina is classified within Littorininae[5]. The taxonomic type of Littorina is common periwinkle[8].

Identifiers

Littorina's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 48919[10]. Littorina's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 31213[11]. Littorina's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 32783[12]. Littorina's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2301050[13]. Littorina's ITIS TSN is recorded as 70395[14].

Why It Matters

Littorina ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (85 views/month, #1,623 of 195,241).[2] Littorina has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Littorina is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxonomic type → common periwinkle
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    Parent taxon → Littorininae
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007536779605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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