Winkle, Periwinkle

Littorina littorea (Linnaeus)

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North Atlantic Seafood

By Alan Davidson

Published 1980

About

Family Lacunidae

Portuguese: Burrié, Burrelho
Spanish: Bígaro, Mincha
French: Bigorneau
Dutch: Alikruik
Swedish: Strandsnäcka
Norwegian: Strandsnegl
Danish: Strandsnegl
Icelandic: Fjörudoppa
Other: Horse-winkle (Irish); Gwichiaid (Welsh)

REMARKS Maximum length just over 2½ cm.

The shells are usually dark grey or brown, but many other colours occur, such as whitish green and even ‘red or rufous-brown, with narrow bands of smoke colour’ (Lovell, who thus reminds us of that useful but neglected word ‘rufous’).

'Brilliant app for foodies'

'Spotify of cookbooks'

Part of

Catalogue of Molluscs and Other Edible Sea Creatures

Single Shells

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