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Els Poblets, Alicante, Spain
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splash zone, limestone
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splash zone, limestone
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With smaller A. antipodum, in the intertidal zone.
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Easily mistaken for the smoothe shelled Blue Periwinkle when encrusted with marine growth. Turns to a purple brown when beach worn. On average A. cincta is slightly larger that A. antipodum.
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Easily mistaken for the smoothe shelled Blue Periwinkle when encrusted with marine growth. Turns to a purple brown when beach worn. On average A. cincta is slightly larger that A. antipodum.
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small blue and white snails
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Blue periwinkle. Common estuarine mollusc. Easily mistaken for A. cincta which is same shape but with fine striations in shell and often a purplish brown colour if beach worn.
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In the Cape Mondego Natural Monument, a protected area in central Portugal. This small snail (about 5mm each) can often be found in small groups in the splash zone or in the middle of the barnacles.
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Caracol zebra. Echinolittorina peruviana
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Syn. Littorina neritoides. A common snail, tipically found in the splash zone of rocky shores.
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Echinolittorina peruviana
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These tiny Littorinas were high in the upper intertidal in full sun and were all perched up on their lips like this, glued to the rock with a tiny bit of mucus. Is this for ventilation?
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Caracol cebra encontrado en las rocas del intermareal en el campus Guayacán de la UCN
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These tiny Littorinas were high in the upper intertidal in full sun and were all perched up on their lips like this, glued to the rock with a tiny bit of mucus. Is this for ventilation?
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