Littorina scutulata

id: littorina-scutulata-294-2457516
title: Littorina scutulata
text: Littorina scutulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles. This species lives lower on rocks than does L. planaxis, and migrates up and down rocks with the tide. It crawls out of tidepools at night. Often, it hides at low tide in cracks or barnacle shells. The waves on both sides of the foot are out of phase with one another (ditaxic). It feeds mainly on diatom films, microscopic algae, lichens, etc., and will also feed on Pe
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description: Species of mollusc
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Littorina_scutulata
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date modified: 2023-10-06T07:42:51Z
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