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Turbo sulcatus Woodward, 1833. Turbo ustulatus Lamarck, 1822. Turbo ventricosus Woodward, 1833. 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.
Sea snails are a very large and diverse group of animals. Most snails that live in salt water respire using a gill or gills; a few species, though, have a lung, are intertidal, and are active only at low tide when they can move around in the air. These air-breathing species include false limpets in the family Siphonariidae and another group of ...
Janthina vulgaris Gray, 1847. Janthina janthina is a species of holoplanktonic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Epitoniidae. Its common names include violet sea-snail, common violet snail, large violet snail and purple storm snail. [2] Exhibit of Janthina janthina at Manchester Museum.
Cancellaria reticulata. L. Synonyms [1] Buccinella canulata Perry, 1811. Cancellaria (Cancellaria) reticulata (Linnaeus, 1767) Voluta reticulata Linnaeus, 1767. The common nutmeg, Cancellaria reticulata, is a species of medium-sized to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails. [1]
The snail feeds on a variety of plants, including economically important crops such as bananas, lettuce, peanuts, and peas. [5] There are also possible public health ramifications of the spread of the snail as an invasive species: it is a carrier of the parasitic rat lungworm, which causes angiostrongyliasis, which in turn is the most common cause of the eosinophilic meningitis or eosinophilic ...
Charonia tritonis. (Linnaeus, 1758) Charonia tritonis, common name the Triton's trumpet, the giant triton or pū[1] is a species of very large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Charoniidae, the tritons. [2] Reaching up to two feet (or 60 cm) in shell length this is one of the biggest mollusks in the coral reef.
Maréchal et al. Vigna caracalla (L.) Verdc. Cochliasanthus caracalla is a leguminous flowering plant in the family Fabaceae that originates in tropical South America and Central America. The species is named caracalla, a corruption of the Portuguese caracol, meaning snail. [1][2] This perennial [3] vine (when grown in a climate without frost ...
A shell of Melo melo. The maximum shell length of this species is up to 275 mm, commonly to 175 mm. The notably large shell of Melo melo has a bulbous or nearly oval outline, with a smooth outer surface presenting distinguishable growth lines. The outside of shell colour is commonly pale orange, sometimes presenting irregular banding of brown ...