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Periwinkle (34199148802)

Image of Littorinimorpha Golikov & Starobogatov 1975

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Summary[edit] Description: "What a big house!" The common periwinkle or winkle (Littorina littorea) is a species of small edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc that has gills and an operculum, and is classified within the family Littorinidae, the periwinkles. This is a robust intertidal species with a dark and sometimes banded shell. It is native to the rocky shores of the northeastern, and introduced to the northwestern, Atlantic Ocean. [Wikipedia]. Date: 28 April 2017, 19:19. Source: Periwinkle. Author: Paul VanDerWerf from Brunswick, Maine, USA.

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