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Common Periwinkle

Echinolittorina tuberculata

Classification

The common periwinkle or winkle (Littorina littorea) is a species of small whelk or 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.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 66United States of America · 40France · 28United Kingdom · 27Mexico · 17Cuba · 3