Tectarius muricatus (beaded periwinkle) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 4 (16189082711)
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Summary[edit] Description: Tectarius muricatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - umbilical view of a beaded periwinkle snail shell. Family Littorinidae - the periwinkles are algae/bacteria grazers in the high intertidal to supratidal zones. Date: 16 March 2011, 20:32. Source: Tectarius muricatus (beaded periwinkle) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 4. Author: James St. John.
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
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- Spiralia (spiralians)
- Mollusca (molluscs)
- Gastropoda (snails)
- Littorinimorpha
- Littorinoidea (periwinkle)
- Littorinidae (periwinkles)
- Cenchritis
- Cenchritis muricatus
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