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Quiet Periwinkle

Echinolittorina placida

Classification

Echinolittorina placida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Littorinidae, the winkles. This species was not described until 2009 because it had previously been confused with, and not differentiated from, a similar-looking species, Echinolittorina interrupta. Distribution This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 212United Kingdom · 1