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

Littorina arcana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Littorinidae
Genus: Littorina
Species:
L. arcana
Binomial name
Littorina arcana
Hannaford-Ellis, 1978
Synonyms[1]

Littorina saxatilis patula Thorpe, 1844
Littorina saxatilis patula var. attenuata Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912

Description

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Distribution

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References

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  1. ^ a b Littorina arcana Hannaford-Ellis, 1978. Reid, David G.; Gofas, S. (2010). Littorina arcana Hannaford-Ellis, 1978. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140259 on 6 June 2010 .