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Periwinkle ID
10-21-2015, 11:56 PM,
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Jeff D Offline
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Periwinkle ID
This is the last of my troublesome shell/snail ID's from Cape Cod. Pic was taken in two feet of water with a rubble-strewn bottom. Pretty sure they are periwinkles, but various sources show them as being either common(littorea), rough(saxatilis) or yellow(obtusata)? I would gratefully accept a conclusion from an expert. Thx


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10-22-2015, 06:23 PM,
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RE: Periwinkle ID
Hi Jeff,
I'm definitely not an expert, but for me they look like common Littorina littorea. I have several species of Littorina here at home for comparison; L. obtusata and L. saxatilis look different, in my opinion.
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10-23-2015, 05:56 AM,
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RE: Periwinkle ID
I appreciate that greatly Wolf...thx.
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