Common periwinkle - Wikipedia
The common periwinkle or winkle (Littorina littorea) is a species of small edible whelk or sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc that has gills and an operculum, and is classified within the family Littorinidae, the periwinkles.
Periwinkle | Gastropod, Intertidal, Mollusk | Britannica
periwinkle, in zoology, any small marine snail belonging to the family Littorinidae (class Gastropoda, phylum Mollusca). Periwinkles are widely distributed shore (littoral) snails, chiefly herbivorous, usually found on rocks, stones, or pilings between high- and low-tide marks; a few are found on mud flats, and some tropical forms are found on ...
Common Periwinkle | New England Wildlife Center
Common Periwinkle (littorina littorea): The Periwinkle is a small gastropod that lives in the inter-tidal zones of most North American coastal beaches. They belong to a larger classification of sea-snails called Littorinidae, and are a significant food source for many animals .
Littorina littorea - Smithsonian Institution
The rediae (first parasitic stages) have infected not only L. littorea, but also native populations of L. saxatilis (Rough Periwinkle) and L. obtusata (Smooth Periwinkle) (Blakeslee and Byers 2008; Blakeslee et al. 2008). The trematodes cause extensive damage to the host's digestive and reproductive systems (Wood et al. 2009).
Periwinkles Fast Facts - U.S. National Park Service
2021年8月24日 · Periwinkles cannot swim, but they can breathe underwater. Diet: They are herbivores (animals that eat plants). They eat algae by scraping it with their radula (a tongue-like structure that has thousands of tiny microscopic teeth on it.) Even though they are small, the constant scraping by the radula of many individuals can eventually erode rock.
Common Periwinkle (Littorina littorea) - iNaturalist
The common periwinkle or winkle (Littorina littorea) is a species of small edible whelk or sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc that has gills and an operculum, and is classified within the family Littorinidae, the periwinkles.
Littorinidae - Wikipedia
The Littorinidae are a taxonomic family of over 200 species of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha, commonly known as periwinkles and found worldwide. [3]
Littorina littorea (common periwinkle) | CABI Compendium
2009年12月15日 · The common name of L. littorea in English is “the common periwinkle”. The higher classification of the Gastropoda of Bouchet and Rocroi (2005) places Littorina in clade Littorinimorpha of the Caenogastropoda. Reid (1996) gives …
The Common Periwinkle Profile - ThoughtCo
2013年6月30日 · Common periwinkles are o mnivores that feed primarily on algae, including diatoms, but can feed on other small organic matter, such as barnacle larvae. They use their radula, which has tiny teeth, to scrape the algae off of …
Common periwinkle (Littorina littorea) - MarLIN - The Marine Life ...
Most of the information available suggests that adult gastropod molluscs are rather tolerant of heavy-metal toxicity (Bryan, 1984). Winkles may absorb metals from the surrounding water by absorption across the gills or from the diet, and evidence from experimental studies on Littorina littorea suggest that the diet is the most important source ...
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