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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
Links
Mangrove periwinkle (
Littoraria
sp.)
Ng, Peter K. L. & N. Sivasothi, 1999.
A Guide to the Mangroves of Singapore II (Animal Diversity)
. Singapore Science Centre. 168 pp.
References
Tan Siong Kiat and Henrietta P. M. Woo, 2010
Preliminary Checklist of The Molluscs of Singapore
(pdf), Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, National University of Singapore.
Tan, K. S. & L. M. Chou, 2000.
A Guide to the Common Seashells of Singapore
. Singapore Science Centre. 160 pp.
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