robust shell

Littoraria undulata

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Littorinidae

Littoraria undulata, common name the robust shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles. Description Up to 2 cm, with dull brown coloration, occasionally darker on upper whorls, and with very faint pattern of wide zigzag lines (pattern fading in larger specimens). Habitat: on rocks, mangrove trunks and drift wood.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 1

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robust shell

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