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Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Family Littorinidae
Ridged periwinkle snail
Littoraria carinifera
Family Littorinidae
updated Oct 10

Where seen? Sometimes seen on seawalls as well as in mangroves.

Features: About 2cm. Shell rather squat, with obvious ridges. "Carinifera" means "bearing ridges". Operculum brown.

Changi, Jun 08

Ridged periwinkle snails on Singapore shores

Pulau Semakau, May 07

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