Knobbly Periwinkle Shell
Echinolittorina malaccana
Also known as: Cluster Winkle, Periwinkle Shell, Winkles
- Cluster Winkle
- Periwinkle Shell
- Winkles
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.
How to identify
Habitat & where to find it
- Range · Indo-West Pacific
- Country only · 1
Found in groups, on sandy bottoms and in rock-pools, over shallow protected reefs.
Adult photos 1
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Taxonomy
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumMollusca
- classGastropoda
- orderLittorinimorpha
- familyLittorinidae
- genusEchinolittorina
- speciesEchinolittorina malaccana (R. A. Philippi, 1847)
SourcesWoRMS
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