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(animals)

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(metazoans)

BILATERIA
(bilaterally symmetrical animals)

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(protostomes)

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(molluscs and worms)

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(slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)

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PROSOBRANCHIA
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MESOGASTROPODA
(an order of prosobranch gastropods)

LITTORINIDAE
(periwinkles)

Littorina
(periwinkles)

(Littorina saxatilis agg.)
(Rough Periwinkles)

Littorina saxatilis agg.
is also a member of:

Invertebrates
(via Mollusca)

BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

(Littorina saxatilis agg.) (Rough Periwinkles)

Date:	10 June 2007
OS grid ref:	SW61
Lat/Lon:	50° 0' N, 5° 20' W
Location:	Vice County: West Cornwall, VC1, England
Stage or state:	Living animal
Record Summary:	young animals with pinkish shells on rocks in harbour
Identification Notes:	H=8.8mm

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