Littorina littorea
Common Periwinkle
(Linnaeus, 1758)Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 140262 ↗
Photo: (c) Robin Gwen Agarwal, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Robin Gwen Agarwal (iNaturalist)
12
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1882
First collected
1932
Last collected
2026
Last seen alive
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1882 by H.G. Barnacle; Joseph Swift Emerson (Europe). The Museum last collected it in 1932; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as October 27, 2026.
From the collection
Alive today
16,426 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild since 2000. Most recent first.
2026-10-27
Achintore Road, Fort William, Scotland, GB
(c) lawaa, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-26
Bar Harbor, ME, USA
(c) Jazzy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-26
Bar Harbor, ME, USA
(c) Jazzy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-26
Bristol, RI, US
(c) Eee, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-26
Queens Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, GB
(c) Anna Kellagher, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-25
Gulf of Maine, Cape Elizabeth, ME, US
no rights reserved
2026-10-25
Peggy's Cove, NS B3Z 3R7, Canada
(c) Dominique Menard, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-10-25
Orleans, MA 02653, USA
(c) Madeleine Raquel Salinas, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)