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Interrupted Periwinkle

(Philippi, 1847)

Echinolittorina interrupta

Class:

Gastropoda

Order:

Littorinimorpha

Family:

Littorinidae

Littorinidae

Image Voucher: 

ANSP 297230

Shell Information

Length (mm): 24

Dextral

Chirality:

Description:

Ecological Information

Distribution:

Depth (m):

West Florida to Trinidad

0 to 0 meters

Diet:

Herbivore

Habitat:

Marine; Rocky intertidal zone

Misc. Facts

Citations

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Echinolittorina interrupta (Philippi, 1847). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419559 on 2021-06-23

Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. Garc�a. 29. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579�699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico�Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas.

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