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Small Periwinkle Snail
Melarhaphe neritoides
45.513, 13.5882
Field Notes
Description:
It is a sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusca in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.This is a tiny species with the size of an adult shell varying between 4 mm - 9 mm. It has a high pointed spire. The dark aperture is oval. The purple-brown spiral band can be clearly seen on the body whorl. The small periwinkle breeds in late winter. Its pelagic egg capsules release plankton larvae.
Habitat:
This species is found in European waters from Norway down south, in the Atlantic Ocean along the Azores, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Morocco, Mauritania; in the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea.
Notes:
This species was previously known as Littorina neritoides. Melarhaphe is a monotypic genus, in other words, this is the only species in that genus.
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Melarhaphe neritoides
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PublishedMay 12, 2013
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