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Littoraria flava Periwinkle

Littoraria flavais commonly referred to as Periwinkle. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
15192 
AphiaID:
446914 
Scientific:
Littoraria flava 
German:
Strandschnecke 
English:
Periwinkle 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Littorinidae (Family) > Littoraria (Genus) > flava (Species) 
Initial determination:
(P. P. King, ), 1832 
Occurrence:
Guadeloupe, Suriname, Aruba, Brazil, Columbia, Cuba, Curacao, Guyana, Invasive Species, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Southwest Atlantic, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, West-Atlantic Ocean 
Marine Zone:
Supralitoral 
Sea depth:
0 - 2 Meter 
Habitats:
Mangrove Zones, Rocky shores, Rock coasts 
Size:
up to 0.79" (2 cm) 
Weight:
25 g 
Temperature:
80.6 °F - 83.12 °F (27°C - 28.4°C) 
Food:
Microalgae  
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Littoraria aberrans
  • Littoraria albicans
  • Littoraria angulifera
  • Littoraria ardouiniana
  • Littoraria articulata
  • Littoraria bengalensis
  • Littoraria carinifera
  • Littoraria cingulata
  • Littoraria cingulifera
  • Littoraria coccinea
 
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-09-24 12:52:37 

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The small snail Littoraria flava is found on beaches in splash water.
It is interesting that the snails orientate themselves in the mate choice by the size of the possible partners.

On the basis of this snail another spreading possibility can be shown, with whose help the Littoraria flava can spread far, the spreading by rafts from wood remainders or also uprooting tree trunks.

Synonyms:
Littorina columellaris d'Orbigny, 1840
Littorina flava P. P. King, 1832
Littorina fusciventris O. Boettger, 1891
Melaraphe columellaris (d'Orbigny, 1840)
Melaraphe flava (P. P. King, 1832)

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