Littorina
E834022
Littorina is a genus of small marine snails commonly known as periwinkles, often found on rocky seashores in temperate and cold waters.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Littorina canonical | 3 |
| Austrolittorina | 1 |
| Littorina obtusata | 1 |
| Littorina saxatilis | 1 |
| Nodilittorina | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9971349 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Littorina Context triple: [Littorina littorea, genus, Littorina]
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A.
Littorina littorea
Littorina littorea is a common marine snail species, often called the common periwinkle, found on rocky shores of the North Atlantic coasts.
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B.
Littorinidae
Littorinidae is a family of small to medium-sized marine gastropod mollusks commonly known as periwinkles, typically found on rocky shores in intertidal zones worldwide.
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C.
Tonna
Tonna is a village and community in Neath Port Talbot, South Wales, known for its residential character and proximity to the town of Neath.
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D.
Marranus
Marranus is a fictional interlocutor in Giovanni Pico della Mirandola’s philosophical dialogue *De arte cabalistica*, representing a particular perspective in the work’s exploration of Christian Kabbalah.
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E.
Carpodectes nitidus
Carpodectes nitidus is a striking white-plumaged cotinga species native to Central American forests, known for its conspicuous appearance and association with the family Cotingidae.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Littorina Target entity description: Littorina is a genus of small marine snails commonly known as periwinkles, often found on rocky seashores in temperate and cold waters.
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A.
Littorina littorea
Littorina littorea is a common marine snail species, often called the common periwinkle, found on rocky shores of the North Atlantic coasts.
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B.
Littorinidae
Littorinidae is a family of small to medium-sized marine gastropod mollusks commonly known as periwinkles, typically found on rocky shores in intertidal zones worldwide.
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C.
Tonna
Tonna is a village and community in Neath Port Talbot, South Wales, known for its residential character and proximity to the town of Neath.
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D.
Marranus
Marranus is a fictional interlocutor in Giovanni Pico della Mirandola’s philosophical dialogue *De arte cabalistica*, representing a particular perspective in the work’s exploration of Christian Kabbalah.
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E.
Carpodectes nitidus
Carpodectes nitidus is a striking white-plumaged cotinga species native to Central American forests, known for its conspicuous appearance and association with the family Cotingidae.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| adaptation |
ability to cling to rocks in waves
ⓘ
tolerance to desiccation ⓘ tolerance to salinity fluctuations ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup |
marine snails
ⓘ
periwinkles ⓘ |
| bodySymmetry | bilateral symmetry ⓘ |
| class | Gastropoda ⓘ |
| commonName |
periwinkles
ⓘ
winkles ⓘ |
| diet |
biofilm
ⓘ
microalgae ⓘ |
| distribution |
cold waters
ⓘ
temperate waters ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
prey for fishes
ⓘ
prey for shorebirds ⓘ primary consumer ⓘ |
| environment | littoral zone ⓘ |
| family | Littorinidae ⓘ |
| feedingType | grazer ⓘ |
| foundInZone |
high intertidal
ⓘ
mid intertidal ⓘ |
| habitat |
intertidal zone
ⓘ
marine coastal environments ⓘ rocky seashores ⓘ |
| hasRadula | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | marine ⓘ |
| locomotion | muscular foot ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Littorina littorea
ⓘ
Littorina obtusata ⓘ
linked to:
Littorina
Littorina saxatilis ⓘ
linked to:
Littorina
|
| order | Littorinimorpha ⓘ |
| phylum | Mollusca ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| reproductiveMode | separate sexes ⓘ |
| respiration | gills ⓘ |
| shellComposition | calcium carbonate ⓘ |
| shellFunction |
protection from desiccation
ⓘ
protection from predators ⓘ |
| shellSize | small ⓘ |
| shellType | spiral shell ⓘ |
| subclass | Caenogastropoda ⓘ |
| superfamily | Littorinoidea ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| temperaturePreference |
cold
ⓘ
temperate ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Littorina Description of subject: Littorina is a genus of small marine snails commonly known as periwinkles, often found on rocky seashores in temperate and cold waters.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Littorina
linked to: Littorina
linked to: Littorina
linked to: Littorina