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Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Littorinidae periwinkles

Genus: Littoraria

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17 species (see list below)
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Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific a
Max. Length 4.1 cm ShL
Littoraria angulifera(Lamarck, 1822)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Littoraria angulifera
[Mangrove periwinkle]
No picture found
 
Littoraria ardouiniana
[]
No picture found
 
Littoraria articulata
[]
No picture found
 
Littoraria carinifera
[Carinate periwinkle]
No picture found
 
Littoraria cingulata
[]
No picture found
 
Littoraria coccinea
[Scarlet periwinkle]
No picture found
 
Littoraria flammea
[]
No picture found
 
Littoraria intermedia
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.9 cm DL
 
Littoraria irrorata
[Marsh periwinkle]
No picture found
 
Littoraria melanostoma
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.8 cm DL
 
Littoraria nebulosa
[Cloudy periwinkle]
No picture found
 
Littoraria pallescens
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Pacific

Littoraria pintado(Wood, 1828)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Littoraria pintado
[Dotted periwinkle]
No picture found
 
Littoraria strigata
[]
No picture found
 
Littoraria subvittata
[Estuarine periwinkle]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.3 cm DL
 
Littoraria tessellata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm SHL
 
Littoraria undulata
[Undulate periwinkle]


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