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Sea slugs & snails

Knobbly Periwinkle Shell

Echinolittorina malaccana

Also known as: Cluster Winkle, Periwinkle Shell, Winkles

Adult
@JarJar · El Queseir, Flamencon beach, Egypt · October 20121 / 1
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Overview

Found in groups, on sandy bottoms and in rock-pools, over shallow protected reefs.

These tiny snails are often collected to eat.
It is believed that the knobby texture helps to keep these snail cool when out of water and so they are able to survive for weeks without being immersed in water.

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How to identify

Pattern
stripes
Body shape
knobs
Behaviour
loose groups

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-West Pacific
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Found in groups, on sandy bottoms and in rock-pools, over shallow protected reefs.

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Adult photos 1

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumMollusca
    3. classGastropoda
    4. orderLittorinimorpha
    5. familyLittorinidae
    6. genusEchinolittorina
    7. speciesEchinolittorina malaccana (R. A. Philippi, 1847)

    SourcesWoRMS

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    More in the family

    Littorinimorpha