family Littorinidae

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Noun1.family Littorinidae - periwinkles
Littorinidae
mollusk family - a family of mollusks
class Gasteropoda, class Gastropoda, Gasteropoda, Gastropoda - snails and slugs and their relatives
genus Littorina, Littorina - type genus of the family Littorinidae: periwinkles
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The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. Philos.
SPAWNING AND INTRACAPSULAR DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTERTIDAL ZEBRA SNAIL ECHINOLITTORINA LINEOLATA (D'ORBIGNY, 1840) (MOLLUSCA, GASTROPODA, LITTORINIDAE)
Snails in the family Littorinidae are important herbivores in mid-and high-shore intertidal communities around the world (McQuaid, 1996a, b; Reid, 1996), and often exert control over macroalgal and microalgal communities (Castenholz, 1961; Hawkins and Hartnoll, 1983; Norton et al, 1990; Hidalgo et al, 2008).
Importance of behavior and morphological traits for controlling body temperature in littorinid snails
Read (1965, 1966) reported four shellless specimens of Littorina littorea (family Littorinidae) in the eelgrass beds of The Salt Pond in Bluehill, ME.
Shell-less Nucella lamellosa (Gmelin) from the rocky intertidal zone of San Juan Island, Washington
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