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Image of Echinolittorina modesta (Philippi 1846)

Image of Echinolittorina modesta (Philippi 1846)

Description:

These tiny Littorinas were high in the upper intertidal in full sun and were all perched up on their lips like this, glued to the rock with a tiny bit of mucus. Is this for ventilation?

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Phil Liff-Grieff
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