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Australwinks
Austrolittorina unifasciata
-38.2079, 145.052
Field Notes
Description:
Small smooth-shelled periwinkles about 1 cm long clustered together in rocky hollows. The shells were mostly a pale grey with brown apices.
Habitat:
Tidal zone at Port Phillip bay. Spotted on rocks at the high tide mark.
Notes:
They feed primarily on lichens moistened by sea spray.
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